Hairy polyp of the supratonsillar fossa causing intermittent airway obstruction

Onur İsmi1, Kemal Görür2, Rabia Bozdoğan Arpacı3

  • 1Assistant Professor; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mersin.

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