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Spindle-cell carcinoma of the nasal septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Hemant Ahluwalia ,
S. C. Gupta  and
S. C. Gupta
Hemant Ahluwalia*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, M.L.N. Medical College and Associated S.R.N. Hospital. Allahabad (U.P.), India.
S. C. Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, M.L.N. Medical College and Associated S.R.N. Hospital. Allahabad (U.P.), India.
S. C. Gupta
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, M.L.N. Medical College and Associated S.R.N. Hospital. Allahabad (U.P.), India.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Hemant Ahluwalia, M.S., Senior Resident, ENT, 140, Defence Estate, Gwalior Rd., Agra (UP.), India.
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Abstract

Spindle-cell carcinoma of the nasal septum is an extremely rare malignancy. Such a case along with the salient features of this variant of squamous cell carcinoma and a review of literature on carcinoma of the nasal septum is depicted.

Keywords

Nasal septumCarcinomaspindle-cell

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Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 284 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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