Pleomorphic adenoma is the most common benign tumor of the salivary gland. It occurs mainly in the major salivary gland, but it can be originated from any minor salivary glands and upper airway. Pleomorphic adenoma arising in the maxillary sinus is extremely rare. Recently, we have experienced a huge pleomorphic adenoma originated in the maxillary sinus. The patient was 64 years old woman and the tumor in the left maxillary sinus extended to the infratemporal fossa, pterygopalatine fossa, and parapharyngeal space through destructed maxillary sinus bony wall. Surgical resection was performed via midfacial degloving approach and the result of surgery was successful. We report this case with the review of literature.
Adenoma, Pleomorphic* ; Female ; Humans ; Maxillary Sinus* ; Middle Aged ; Pterygopalatine Fossa ; Salivary Glands ; Salivary Glands, Minor

The objective of this study was to determine temperamental characteristics of children with bronchial asthma. An earlier preliminary study(Kim SP, Ferrara A, Chess S, 1980) results show that the asthmatic children, as a group, are significantly different from two other control groups (I. children with eczema, allergic rhinitis, or both without asthma: II. normal healthy children in their temperamental profile). The parents of 85 Korean children with bronchial asthma, ages 3 to 7 years, completed the Korean version of Parental Temperamental Questionnaire developed by Thomas and Chess. The data collected were of ordinal type, ranked from 1 to 7 and the non-parametric Mann-whitney U Test was utilized. Any child with a suspected history or diagnosis of premature birth, organic brain syndrome, mental retardation, childhood psychosis, congenital physical anomaly, hereditary disease or any other medical or surgical conditions, other than asthma, requiring continuous physicians care was excluded from the study population. The results showed that asthmatic female children were characterized by lower adaptability and lower threshold of responsiveness. And 22% of asthmatic children were of the difficult type, compared to 11% of normal children. Both groups were statistically different In terms of temperamental constellation. The findings strongly suggest the existence of a distinct temperamental profile of asthmatic children. Early detection of the profile may be of great value for parents and child health care providers in understanding the asthmatic children's correct developmental needs and in determining appropriate parenting approaches for the chronically ill children at the risk of behavioral disorders.
Asthma ; Brain ; Child Health ; Child* ; Chronic Disease ; Diagnosis ; Eczema ; Female ; Genetic Diseases, Inborn ; Humans ; Intellectual Disability ; Korea* ; Parenting ; Parents ; Premature Birth ; Psychotic Disorders ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Rhinitis ; Temperament*