Auris Nasus Larynx
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 260-263 , June 2008

Atypical fibroxanthoma of the external ear in a cardiac transplant recipient: Case report and the causal role of the immunosuppressive therapy

  • Emanuele Ferri

      Affiliations

    • Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Hospital of Dolo, Venice, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Surgical Department, ULSS 13, Hospital of Dolo, Riviera XXIX Aprile 2, 30031 Dolo, Venice, Italy. Tel.: +39 041 5133237; fax: +39 041 5133362/816.
    • ,
  • Gaetano Antonio Iaderosa

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Pathology Unit, Hospital of Dolo, Venice, Italy
    • ,
  • Enrico Armato

      Affiliations

    • Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Hospital of Dolo, Venice, Italy

Received 15 November 2006 ,Accepted 18 April 2007.

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PII: S0385-8146(07)00104-6

doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2007.04.013

Auris Nasus Larynx
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 260-263 , June 2008

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