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Mucinous adenocarcinomas of nose and paranasal sinuses
Author(s) -
GamezAraujo J. J.,
Ayala Alberto G.,
Guillamondegui Oscar
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197509)36:3<1100::aid-cncr2820360339>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - medicine , paranasal sinuses , nose , nasal cavity , sinus (botany) , adenocarcinoma , maxillary sinus , radiation therapy , papillary adenocarcinoma , antrum , surgery , pathology , cancer , stomach , botany , biology , genus
This study concerns the Clinicopathologic findings for 18 patients with mucinous adenocarcinomas of nose and/or paranasal sinuses. Males in the 5th decade of life predominated in the series. Nasal obstruction, a growing mass in a sinus, or epistaxis were the most frequent complaints. Ten patients had tumors in the maxillary antrum, and the nasal cavity was the site in 5 patients. Histopathologically, the tumors were papillary or solid. The majority of the papillary tumors were moderately to well differentiated, with a few poorly differentiated types. Tumors with the solid pattern of growth were anaplastic; these patients had poorer prognoses. For most patients, treatment consisted of radical surgery alone or in combination with radiotherapy. Of 13 patients for whom survival could be adequately evaluated, 7 died from the tumors, 5 are alive and free of disease more than 4 years, and 1 is living with recurrent tumor 14 months after diagnosis.