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Localized Nasopharyngeal Amyloidosis: A Clinicopathologic Series of 7 Cases with a Literature Review

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Localized nasopharyngeal amyloidosis is an extremely rare entity with only 25 cases described in the English and German literature. We present a case series of seven patients with localized nasopharyngeal amyloidosis and combine the findings with a thorough review the literature.

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  1. Ear, Nose, Throat and Head and Neck Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Sakagiannis

  2. Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Department, Hippokration University Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Evangelos Giotakis

  3. Department of Pathology, Woodland Hills Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Lester D. R. Thompson

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Sakagiannis, G., Giotakis, E. & Thompson, L.D.R. Localized Nasopharyngeal Amyloidosis: A Clinicopathologic Series of 7 Cases with a Literature Review. Head and Neck Pathol 12, 542–547 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12105-017-0880-4

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