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. 2000 Mar;53(3):171–176. doi: 10.1136/jcp.53.3.171

Best Practice No 157 Guidelines for the laboratory handling of laryngectomy specimens

T Helliwell 1
PMCID: PMC1731165  PMID: 10823133

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Figure 1 Coronal magnetic resonance image of a carcinoma of the right piriform fossa, seen macroscopically on the right. The specimen has been opened posteriorly to demonstrate the tumour.

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Figure 2 (A)–(D) Horizontal magnetic resonance images of the carcinoma seen in fig 1, showing invasion of the tumour along the right side of the larynx. The corresponding macroscopic slices of the larynx are shown in (E)–(H).

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