title: Cytologic diagnosis of the maxillary sinus reevaluated.
abstract: Preoperative cytologic diagnosis of the maxillary sinus was performed on 57 patients by examining of solutions obtained by local washing following sinus puncture. There were 6 cases of cancer (5 squamous cell carcinomas and 1 adenoid cystic carcinoma), 1 malignant melanoma, 1 odontoma, 8 aspergillosis, 1 inflammatory pseudotumor, 9 odontogenic maxillary sinusitis and conventional chronic sinusitis in residual cases. There were 2 false-negative cytologies in the 7 cases of malignant tumor (i.e., 1 adenoid cystic carcinoma and 1 squamous cell carcinoma). The significance and usefulness of the cytologic approach to preoperative diagnosis of malignancies, including malignant melanoma and fungal infection were discussed.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Nishioka
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Masuda
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Yanagi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Yuen
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Tanaka
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Ogura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011677:Punctures; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation