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Recurrent Bleeding Neck Mass: a Case Report

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An adult male presented to us with a recurrent, large bleeding tumour in the neck. We describe our approach to the patient, whose tumour was labelled as an atypical glomus on final histopathology. They are relatively uncommon in the head neck, and this case report with literature review is expected to add to our knowledge.

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  1. Department of Head Neck Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Dr MH Marigowda Road, Bangalore, 560029, India

    Purushottam Chavan, Sreelekha Ray & Rajshekar Halkud

  2. Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Dr MH Marigowda Road, Bangalore, 560029, India

    Suma Sheshadri

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Chavan, P., Ray, S., Sheshadri, S. et al. Recurrent Bleeding Neck Mass: a Case Report. Indian J Surg Oncol 9, 59–61 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-017-0683-9

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