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Submucosal, oropharyngeal heterotopia of parathyroid
Author(s) -
Triantafyllou A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12014
Subject(s) - medicine , heterotopia (medicine) , pathology , clinical significance , anatomy
Histological, histochemical and immunmohistochemical observations on ectopic parathyroid tissue in the oropharynx are described. Embryological inferences and clinical significance of this type of heterotopia are discussed in conjunction with a review of the very rare literature.