Primary chordoma of the ethmoid sinus.
Primary chordoma of the paranasal sinuses are extremely rare tumours, with only a small number of cases verified and published in the literature. It appears that only five of these cases involved the ethmoid sinuses either as a primary or by local invasion, and of these documented cases only one other has been found to solely involve the ethmoid sinus. We present a case of primary ethmoid sinus chordoma treated by wide local surgical excision and present a review of the literature with regard to prevalence and treatment rationale.
Loughran
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Professorial Unit, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK.
Badia
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Lund
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D000328:Adult; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome