Diagnosis and treatment of the sphenoid sinus malignant tumor / 中国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
;
(12)2006.
Article
Dans Chinois
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-674389
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical characteristics,nasal endoscope and imaging findings, misdiagnosis and treatment results of sphenoid sinus malignant tumor.METHODS The clinical data of 9 cases with sphenoid sinus malignant tumor were summarized and analyzed.Headache was found in 8 patients, ophthalmic symptoms in 3 patients,nasal bleeding and obstruction in 3 patients,and cranial nerve palsy in 2 patients.They were often misdiagnosed as sphenoid sinusitis and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.RESULTS Only 1 patient with papillary carcinoma was cured for 6 years.One patient with neuroendocrine carcinoma was alive for 3 years after treatment.Four patients died at 2 to 3 years.Two patients were alive at 1 year after operation. One patient was lost to follow up.CONCLUSION Sphenoid sinus tumor had no characteristic symptoms in early stage.It is easy to misdiagnose and delay diagnosis. Patients with headache,visual symptoms and nasal bleeding should take nasal endoscopy,CT scan and MRI examination at early stage.
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
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Etude diagnostique
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Chinois
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Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Année:
2006
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Article
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