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Rare glomangiosarcoma of the tongue

Sumetha Rajendran1, Arthur Harry Henderson2, Stuart Gillett2

  • 1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK.

BMJ Case Reports
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PubMed

Keywords:
head and neck cancerhead and neck surgerymouthoral and maxillofacial surgery

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