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Clinical, radiological and surgical correlations in cancer of the paranasal sinuses

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Clinical, radiological and CT findings for each adjacent subsite were tabulated and compared in 25 consecutive cases undergoing surgery for malignant lesion of the maxillo-ethmoid complex. It was found that tumour extensions into nose, palate, cheek and orbit were identified correctly in a high proportion of cases clinically and radiologically. Posterior extensions into infratemporal or pterygopalatine fossae were evident clinically in only one out of 5 cases. Clinical assessment failed to detect orbital invasion in 3 out of 7 cases, while CT missed orbital periosteal involvement in one case. CT overestimated spheno-ethmoidal extensions of tumour in 44% (8 / 18) cases.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110 029, New Delhi

    D. A. Tandon, A. Gairola & S. Bahadur

  2. Department of Neuro-radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110 029, New Delhi

    N. K. Misra

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Tandon, D.A., Gairola, A., Bahadur, S. et al. Clinical, radiological and surgical correlations in cancer of the paranasal sinuses. IJO & HNS 48, 29–33 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048024

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