Abstract
We report a rare case of adenocarcinoma of the sphenoid sinus in which the very rarity of the site made for considerable uncertainty in the early diagnosis despite major neurological deficits at onset. Only the subsequent course of the tumor enabled us to identify the site in the sphenoid sinus, an atypical area surrounded by numerous neurovascular structures which, if involved, may give rise to a protean and nonspecific symptom-complex.
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Gli AA riportano l'osservazione di un raro caso di adenocarcinoma primitivo del seno sfenoidale che proprio per la sua rarità di localizzazione ha comportato notevoli incertezze nella diagnosi precoce, pur avendo esordito con importanti deficit neurologici. Solo successivamente l'evoluzione della neoplasia ha permesso di identificare la sede nel seno sfenoidale, distretto atipico e circondato da numerose strutture vasculo-nervose, capaci di realizzare, se interessate, una polimorfa e non specifica sintomatologia.
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Piane, R., Bartalucci, F. & Livi, W. Adenocarcinoma of the sphenoid sinus. Case report. Ital J Neuro Sci 10, 447–449 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334951
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