Killian's polyp mimicking malignant tumor

Killian polyp is predominantly found in children and any sinonasal tumor in elderly presenting with epistaxis and pain usually indicates malignant growth until proved otherwise. We present an unusual case of Killian polyp in an elderly patient that behaved as a malignant tumor. This case report remi...

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Autores principales: Thakur, Jagdeep S., Chaitanya, Avinash, Minhas, R. S., Azad, R. K., Sharma, D. R., Mohindroo, N. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report - Others
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26981490
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.175775
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author Thakur, Jagdeep S.
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Sharma, D. R.
Mohindroo, N. K.
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description Killian polyp is predominantly found in children and any sinonasal tumor in elderly presenting with epistaxis and pain usually indicates malignant growth until proved otherwise. We present an unusual case of Killian polyp in an elderly patient that behaved as a malignant tumor. This case report reminded us that paranasal sinuses are still dark hollow mysterious cavities, and we should take utmost clinical acumen in managing such cases.
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spelling pubmed-47725802016-03-15 Killian's polyp mimicking malignant tumor Thakur, Jagdeep S. Chaitanya, Avinash Minhas, R. S. Azad, R. K. Sharma, D. R. Mohindroo, N. K. Ann Maxillofac Surg Case Report - Others Killian polyp is predominantly found in children and any sinonasal tumor in elderly presenting with epistaxis and pain usually indicates malignant growth until proved otherwise. We present an unusual case of Killian polyp in an elderly patient that behaved as a malignant tumor. This case report reminded us that paranasal sinuses are still dark hollow mysterious cavities, and we should take utmost clinical acumen in managing such cases. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4772580/ /pubmed/26981490 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0746.175775 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Killian's polyp mimicking malignant tumor
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