Osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy

We present an osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus with clinical features and radiographic features mimicking that of a malignancy. Maxillary sinusitis being a common inflammatory condition progressed to cause destruction of the maxillary bone and spread into the facial soft tissue, which i...

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Autores principales: Karikal, Arvind, Sharma, Sampathila Mahalinga, Gopinath, Anju, Karikal, Arathi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191082
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.137969
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author Karikal, Arvind
Sharma, Sampathila Mahalinga
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description We present an osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus with clinical features and radiographic features mimicking that of a malignancy. Maxillary sinusitis being a common inflammatory condition progressed to cause destruction of the maxillary bone and spread into the facial soft tissue, which is quite a rare occurrence. We have discussed in detail the clinical, radiological, histopathology and management of this uncommon presentation of a common case.
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spelling pubmed-41478222014-09-04 Osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy Karikal, Arvind Sharma, Sampathila Mahalinga Gopinath, Anju Karikal, Arathi Contemp Clin Dent Case Report We present an osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus with clinical features and radiographic features mimicking that of a malignancy. Maxillary sinusitis being a common inflammatory condition progressed to cause destruction of the maxillary bone and spread into the facial soft tissue, which is quite a rare occurrence. We have discussed in detail the clinical, radiological, histopathology and management of this uncommon presentation of a common case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4147822/ /pubmed/25191082 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.137969 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy
title Osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy
title_full Osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy
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title_short Osteolytic nasal polyp of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191082
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.137969
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