Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac

Tumors in the lacrimal sac are rare yet important due to their malignant and potentially lethal outcomes if there is a misdiagnosis or delay in treatment. Epithelial tumors predominate with squamous cell carcinoma. We report a transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac and management course for...

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Autores principales: Karim, Rushmia, Ghabrial, Raf, Lin, Betty
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19898663
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description Tumors in the lacrimal sac are rare yet important due to their malignant and potentially lethal outcomes if there is a misdiagnosis or delay in treatment. Epithelial tumors predominate with squamous cell carcinoma. We report a transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac and management course for the patient.
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spelling pubmed-27732802009-11-06 Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac Karim, Rushmia Ghabrial, Raf Lin, Betty Clin Ophthalmol Case Report Tumors in the lacrimal sac are rare yet important due to their malignant and potentially lethal outcomes if there is a misdiagnosis or delay in treatment. Epithelial tumors predominate with squamous cell carcinoma. We report a transitional cell carcinoma of the lacrimal sac and management course for the patient. Dove Medical Press 2009 2009-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2773280/ /pubmed/19898663 Text en © 2009 Karim et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
title Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
title_full Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
title_fullStr Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
title_full_unstemmed Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
title_short Transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
title_sort transitional cell carcinoma of the nasolacrimal sac
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19898663
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