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Well-differentiated liposarcoma of the hypopharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Fahmy Fayez Fahmy
Affiliation:
Departments of Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales, UK.
Jonathan Osborne*
Affiliation:
Departments of Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales, UK.
Hisham Saleh Khalil
Affiliation:
Departments of Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales, UK.
Brian Rodgers
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Pathology, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr J. Osborne, ENT Consultant, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, North Wales LL18 5UJ.

Abstract

We present a case of well-differentiated liposarcoma of the hypopharynx in a 51-year-old male, with a review of the literature of this very rare condition.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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Footnotes

Presented at the Alexandria 16th International Otolaryngology Congress, April 1998.

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