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Recalcitrant plunging ranulas: a new approach to salivary tissue localization using prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography
Fiona Chen MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), MPH,
Fiona Chen MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), MPH
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this author Thomas W. Barber MBBS (Hons), BSc, FRACP, FAANMS,
Thomas W. Barber MBBS (Hons), BSc, FRACP, FAANMS
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this author Stephen Tudge MBBS, MS, FRACS,
Stephen Tudge MBBS, MS, FRACS
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Fiona Chen MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), MPH,
Fiona Chen MBBS (Hons), BMedSc (Hons), MPH
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this author Thomas W. Barber MBBS (Hons), BSc, FRACP, FAANMS,
Thomas W. Barber MBBS (Hons), BSc, FRACP, FAANMS
Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this author Stephen Tudge MBBS, MS, FRACS,
Stephen Tudge MBBS, MS, FRACS
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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First published: 21 March 2020
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