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Tumours of the Nasopharynx

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Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

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All epithelial, mesenchymal and lymphoepithelial neoplasias that occur in the rest of the aerodigestive tract may occur in the nasopharynx, but very much more rarely.

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  1. Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik, Klinikum der Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Uwe Ganzer

  2. Universitätsklinik für HNO Hals- und Kopfchirurgie, Inselspital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Andreas Arnold

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  1. Department of ORL-HNS Uppsala, University Hospital (Akademiska sjukhuset), 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden

    Matti Anniko

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Clinic Universitari, calle Villarroel, 170, Esc. 8, 2A, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Straße 1, 90340, Nürnberg, Germany

    Viktor Bonkowsky

  4. Department ORL-HNS, Nottingham University Hospitals, Queens Medical Centre Campus, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, UK

    Patrick J. Bradley

  5. Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bari, 70214, Bari, Italy

    Salvatore Iurato

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Ganzer, U., Arnold, A. (2010). Tumours of the Nasopharynx. In: Anniko, M., Bernal-Sprekelsen, M., Bonkowsky, V., Bradley, P., Iurato, S. (eds) Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68940-9_35

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