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Metastatic choriocarcinoma of the maxilla: an unusual cause of severe intractable epistaxis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Bharath Singh
Bharath Singh*
Affiliation:
Otol, Durban, South Africa
*
B. Singh, Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal, P.O. Box 17039, CONGELLA. 4013South Africa
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Abstract

A fifth case of metastatic choriocarcinoma to the maxilla presenting an intractable epistaxis in a 24-year-old African female, is described.

Keywords

Maxillary sinus neoplasmsChorioncarcinoma, metastasisEpistaxis
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 10 , October 1992 , pp. 917 - 922
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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