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Case 56 - Seromucinous Hamartoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2019

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Alessandro Franchi
Edited by
Alessandro Franchi
Alessandro Franchi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Summary

A 42-year-old male complained of nasal obstruction. A polypoid lesion of the nasal septum was detected by endoscopy, and was surgically removed.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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