Tonsillar metastasis of oesophageal adenocarcinoma
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عنوان ژورنال: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0937-4477,1434-4726
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0402-1