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CASE REPORT

A 15-year-old girl with a spindle cell carcinoma of the parotid gland. A diagnostic challenge solved by immunohistochemistry and cytogenetic analysis

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Pages 104-107 | Received 23 Mar 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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