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Polypoid lymphangioma of the tonsil:

Report of two cases and review of the literature§

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. M. Al Samarre*
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Joordan University, Amman, Jordan.
S. S. Amr
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan.
V. J. Hyams
Affiliation:
Chief, Department of Otolaryngic Pathology, Armed Force Institute of Pathology, Washington D.C., USA.
*
Dr. Sadik M. Al Samarrae, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jordan University Hospital, P.O. Box 13046, Amman. Jordan.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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Footnotes

§

The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Navy, Department of the Army, or the Department of Defence of the United States of America.

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