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Oncology

Prevalence of cystic metastases in a consecutive cohort of surgically removed branchial cleft cysts

Lalle Hammarstedt Nordenvalla Department of Clinical Sciences Intervention and Technology, Division of Ear Nose and Throat Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Unit Head Neck Lung and Skin Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1660-9737View further author information
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Evelina Jörtsöa Department of Clinical Sciences Intervention and Technology, Division of Ear Nose and Throat Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;c Medical Unit Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Mathias von Beckerathb Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Unit Head Neck Lung and Skin Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;d Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-6992View further author information
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Edneia Tanie Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Sushma Nordemara Department of Clinical Sciences Intervention and Technology, Division of Ear Nose and Throat Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Unit Head Neck Lung and Skin Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Rusana Barka Department of Clinical Sciences Intervention and Technology, Division of Ear Nose and Throat Diseases, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Unit Head Neck Lung and Skin Cancer, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 100-105 | Received 24 Sep 2021, Accepted 15 Nov 2021, Published online: 28 Dec 2021

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