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Non-epithelial Neoplasms

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Abstract

Angiofibroma, or juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, is a fibrous and vascular tumour-like swelling of the nasopharynx, which occurs only in young males.

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  1. Department of Histopathology, UCL Medical School, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London, WC1E 6JJ, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  2. Royal Free and UCL Medical School, University of London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  3. Royal National Throat, Nose nad Ear Hospital, London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  4. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

  5. Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

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Michaels, L., Hellquist, H.B. (2001). Non-epithelial Neoplasms. In: Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0235-9_25

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