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A strangulated antrochoanal polyp. a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

L. Ole-Lengine
Affiliation:
Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, University of Dar-es-Salaam, ENT Department, Tanzania
J. J. Manni*
Affiliation:
Academic Hospital Nijmegen-St. Radboud, ENT Department, The Netherlands.
*
J. J. Manni, M.D., Ph.D., ENT Department, Academic Hospital Nijmegen, P.O.Box 9101, 500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Abstract

A rare case of a strangulated antrochoanal polyp is reported.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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