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Angiosarcoma of the nasal cavity and maxillary antrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Kurien*
Affiliation:
Lecturer, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Speech & Hearing. Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore—632004, S. India
S. Nair
Affiliation:
Reader, Department of Pathology. Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore—632004, S. India
S. Thomas
Affiliation:
Registrar, Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore—632004, S. India
*
Dr. Mary Kurien, M.S., D.L.O., Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore-632004, S. India

Abstract

Angiosarcoma (malignant haemangioendothelioma) of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses is extremely rare. Only a few cases have been reported in literature. A case of angiosarcoma of the nasal cavity and maxillary antrum in a 38-year-old male patient is reported. He was treated with pre-operative external radiotherapy followed by wide excision of the tumour. He currently remains free of the disease 10 months after diagnosis (and seven months after completing therapy).

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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