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Case Reports

A rare case of tonsillar mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Charbél Talania Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Sensory Organs and Communication, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden;b Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Region Östergötland Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, Linkoping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Karin Frånlunda Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Sensory Organs and Communication, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linkoping, Sweden;b Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Region Östergötland Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, Linkoping, Sweden
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Crina Ungurasb Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Region Östergötland Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, Linkoping, Sweden
Pages 44-46 | Received 01 Dec 2022, Accepted 16 Feb 2023, Published online: 27 Feb 2023

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