About the Authors

Serena Buscone

Affiliation Anatomic Pathology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Werner Garavello

Affiliation Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Fabio Pagni

Affiliations Anatomic Pathology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy, Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza, Italy

Renato Maria Gaini

Affiliation Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Giorgio Cattoretti

giorgio.cattoretti@unimib.it

Affiliations Anatomic Pathology, Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Universitá degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy, Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC SB. Performed the experiments: SB GC. Analyzed the data: SB GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WG RMG FP. Wrote the paper: GC SB RMG.