Open AccessEsthesioneuroblastoma presenting as tooth pain
Author(s) -
Parvathi Devi,
Radhika M Bhavle,
Avanti Aggarwal,
Cherry Walia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.141367
Subject(s) - esthesioneuroblastoma , cribriform plate , medicine , anosmia , nasal cavity , olfactory epithelium , sinus (botany) , metastasis , surgery , pathology , olfactory system , biology , cancer , botany , disease , covid-19 , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genus
Esthesioneuroblastoma, also called olfactory neuroblastoma, is a rare malignant tumor originating in the olfactory epithelium in the upper nasal cavity with intracranial extension and may also be associated with secondary sinus diseases. Esthesioneuroblastoma has been observed to cause death by distant metastasis or by invasion through the cribriform plate and secondary meningitis. It usually produces nasal obstruction, epistaxis and less commonly anosmia, headache and pain. We report a case of esthesioneuroblastoma in a 50-year-old female who reported with tooth pain as a presenting symptom.