title: Lateralisation of tumours of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses and its relationship to aetiology.
abstract: Lateralisation was studied in 601 cases of carcinoma of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Squamous and anaplastic carcinomata and adenocarcinoma had a pronounced left-sided predominance in the ethmoid and to a much lesser extent in the nose. The results of a study of 298 cases of septal defection are invoked in support of the hypothesis that squamous and anaplastic carcinomata, as well as adenocarcinoma, are caused by exogenous factors.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology