Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the petrous bone: case report.

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Published: March 2004

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