title: Endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of tumours of the nose and sinuses.
abstract: In the last decade, a great deal of attention has been focused on functional endoscopic nasal surgery for chronic sinus disease. There has been less emphasis in regard to the obvious advantages of the endoscope for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of tumours of the nose and paranasal sinuses. This presentation discusses in detail the reasons that the endoscopic technique is useful when applied to diagnosis of benign or malignant lesions in these areas. This new technique can be used to remove benign tumours, avoiding the external excisions that often can be disfiguring to the patient. The endoscope is less useful for removal of malignant lesions unless they are very small and localized, but it can be used as a palliative measure. Early diagnosis of recurrence, especially for benign tumours, is possible, and further localized excision can result in the cure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blokmanis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology