Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour

The case is presented of a 73-year-old male with a history of right-sided nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech and three episodes of recurrent epistaxis. On examination, there was a tumour in the right nasal cavity. Computed tomography showed a mass in the right nasal cavity extending to the right ma...

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Autores principales: IACOVOU, E., CHRYSOVERGIS, A., ELEFTHERIADOU, A., YIOTAKIS, I., KANDILOROS, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore SpA 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808465
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author IACOVOU, E.
CHRYSOVERGIS, A.
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YIOTAKIS, I.
KANDILOROS, D.
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description The case is presented of a 73-year-old male with a history of right-sided nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech and three episodes of recurrent epistaxis. On examination, there was a tumour in the right nasal cavity. Computed tomography showed a mass in the right nasal cavity extending to the right maxillary sinus, ethmoidal cells and right sphenoid sinus. The patient underwent a functional endoscopic removal of the tumour. Biopsy revealed a small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. This is an extremely rare tumour of the nasal cavity and sinuses. Because of the aggressive behaviour of this tumour, he was also treated with combined chemotherapy and radiation. Ten months later, he remains free of disease.
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spelling pubmed-31463272011-10-06 Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour IACOVOU, E. CHRYSOVERGIS, A. ELEFTHERIADOU, A. YIOTAKIS, I. KANDILOROS, D. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital Case Report The case is presented of a 73-year-old male with a history of right-sided nasal obstruction, hyponasal speech and three episodes of recurrent epistaxis. On examination, there was a tumour in the right nasal cavity. Computed tomography showed a mass in the right nasal cavity extending to the right maxillary sinus, ethmoidal cells and right sphenoid sinus. The patient underwent a functional endoscopic removal of the tumour. Biopsy revealed a small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. This is an extremely rare tumour of the nasal cavity and sinuses. Because of the aggressive behaviour of this tumour, he was also treated with combined chemotherapy and radiation. Ten months later, he remains free of disease. Pacini Editore SpA 2011-02 2010-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3146327/ /pubmed/21808465 Text en © Copyright by Società Italiana di Otorinolaringologia e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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ELEFTHERIADOU, A.
YIOTAKIS, I.
KANDILOROS, D.
Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour
title Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour
title_full Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour
title_fullStr Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour
title_full_unstemmed Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour
title_short Neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. A very rare nasal tumour
title_sort neuroendocrine carcinoma arising from the septum. a very rare nasal tumour
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808465
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