An Unusual Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus with Review of Literature
| Autor: | Ghanashyam Mandal, Ajay K. Dewan, Vikas Arora, Vishal Yadav |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Unusual case integumentary system business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Melanoma medicine.disease Recurrent epistaxis Metastasis Radiation therapy 03 medical and health sciences Endoscopic sinus surgery 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine Surgery Radiology 030223 otorhinolaryngology business Sinus (anatomy) |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. 74:752-754 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7707 2231-3796 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12070-019-01787-8 |
| Popis: | Non skin malignant melanomas are known to be more aggressive than the skin counterpart. A 50-year lady with recurrent epistaxis, had mass in right sphenoid, which was resected by endoscopic sinus surgery. After histopathological confirmation of malignant melanoma radiotherapy was given. She later developed metastasis in liver. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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