Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction

Ameloblastoma is a rare, benign (99%) or malignant (1%) tumour, which has derived from dental mesenchyme. We present a case of a patient mainly complaining about obstruction on the right nasal cavity. Endoscopy and computed tomography revealed a soft tissue mass occupying the maxillary sinus to the...

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Autores principales: Kosmidou, Panagiota, Angelis, Stavros, Papagianni, Eleni, Kokkevi, Iro, Filippou, Dimitrios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6999722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32047707
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6563
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author Kosmidou, Panagiota
Angelis, Stavros
Papagianni, Eleni
Kokkevi, Iro
Filippou, Dimitrios
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description Ameloblastoma is a rare, benign (99%) or malignant (1%) tumour, which has derived from dental mesenchyme. We present a case of a patient mainly complaining about obstruction on the right nasal cavity. Endoscopy and computed tomography revealed a soft tissue mass occupying the maxillary sinus to the middle meatus causing complete obstruction of the right nasal cavity. Endoscopic en block removal of the lesion and biopsy confirmed follicular ameloblastoma. Literature review confirms the extremely rare frequency of ameloblastoma. The aim of the present study is to expand on our knowledge of a rare pathological entity that can frequently be misdiagnosed.
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spelling pubmed-69997222020-02-11 Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction Kosmidou, Panagiota Angelis, Stavros Papagianni, Eleni Kokkevi, Iro Filippou, Dimitrios Cureus Otolaryngology Ameloblastoma is a rare, benign (99%) or malignant (1%) tumour, which has derived from dental mesenchyme. We present a case of a patient mainly complaining about obstruction on the right nasal cavity. Endoscopy and computed tomography revealed a soft tissue mass occupying the maxillary sinus to the middle meatus causing complete obstruction of the right nasal cavity. Endoscopic en block removal of the lesion and biopsy confirmed follicular ameloblastoma. Literature review confirms the extremely rare frequency of ameloblastoma. The aim of the present study is to expand on our knowledge of a rare pathological entity that can frequently be misdiagnosed. Cureus 2020-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6999722/ /pubmed/32047707 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6563 Text en Copyright © 2020, Kosmidou et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kosmidou, Panagiota
Angelis, Stavros
Papagianni, Eleni
Kokkevi, Iro
Filippou, Dimitrios
Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction
title Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction
title_full Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction
title_fullStr Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction
title_full_unstemmed Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction
title_short Ameloblastoma on the Maxillary Sinus: Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction
title_sort ameloblastoma on the maxillary sinus: cause of unilateral nasal obstruction
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6999722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32047707
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6563
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