Update From The 4th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumours: Nasopharynx

Overview

Journal Head Neck Pathol

Specialties Oncology
Pathology

Date 2017 Mar 2

PMID 28247232

Citations 48

Authors

Edward B Stelow

Bruce M Wenig

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Abstract

The current WHO classification system for tumors of the head and neck has made few changes from the previous edition with regards to tumors of the nasopharynx. The classification system is discussed here with particular attention to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma, salivary gland anlage tumor, hairy polyp, juvenile angiofibroma, and other tumors.

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