Intravascular Lymphoma of the Inferior Turbinate: An Unusual Rhinologic Presentation of a Rare Neoplasm
Author(s) -
Milabelle B. Lingan,
Francis V. Roasa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
philippine journal of otolaryngology head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2094-1501
DOI - 10.32412/pjohns.v22i1-2.795
Subject(s) - medicine , paranasal sinuses , lymphoma , fever of unknown origin , radiology , presentation (obstetrics) , nose , surgery , biopsy , pathology
result: The patient presented with fever of unknown origin, and exhaustive laboratory, ancillary procedures and biopsies to rule in/out infectious, autoimmune and oncologic causes were performed to arrive at a diagnosis. Nasal endoscopy revealed an enlarged, hypertrophied and violaceous right inferior turbinate with watery to mucoid discharge and septal deviation to the right confirmed by CT scans of the paranasal sinuses. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), septoplasty and turbinoplasty with biopsy revealed intravascular lymphoma. Chemotherapy was deferred due to the deteriorating medical condition and the patient expired seven months after the initial onset of symptoms.
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