- Author:
Mark Angelo C. Ang
1
;
Ariel M. Vergel De Dios
2
;
Jose M. Carnate, Jr.
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH: Human; Female; Middle Aged; AMELOBLASTOMA; ODONTOGENIC TUMORS; CALCIFYING EPITHELIAL ODONTOGENIC TUMOR; NEOPLASMS BY HISTOLOGIC TYPE; NEOPLASMS; EPISTAXIS; RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED
- From: Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2011;26(2):39-41
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Primary sinonasal ameloblastoma is an extremely rare odontogenic epithelial tumor histomorphologically identical to its gnathic counterparts but with distinct epidemiologic and clinicopathologic characteristics. We present a case of a 46-year-old female with a one year history of recurrent epistaxis, nasal obstruction and frontonasal headache. Clinical examination, CT scan and subsequent surgical excsion revealed an intranasal mass attached to the lateral nasal cavity with histomorphologic features of ameloblastoma and was signed out as extragnathic soft tissue ameloblastoma of the sinonasal area. Extraosseous extragnathic primary sinonasal ameloblastoma are rare but do occur and should be distinguished from infrasellar craniopharyngiomas.
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