Maxillary sinus tumours--a review of twenty-nine patients treated by maxillectomy approach.
A retrospective data of 29 patients who underwent various types of maxillectomy from January 1998 till January 2004 in UKM hospital were reviewed. There were 21 males (72%) and 8 females (28%) with mean age of 42 years. Malays were the majority of patients 17 (59%), Chinese 11 (38%) and Indian 1 (3%). Seventeen patients (59%) presented with malignant tumours while 12 patients (41%) with benign tumours. Inverted papilloma (50%) was the commonest benign tumour and squamous cell carcinoma (36%) was the commonest malignancy. Medial maxillectomy was performed in ten patients (35%), total maxillectomy in seven patients (24%), three patients (10%) had near total, three patients (10%) had partial maxillectomy and six patients (21%) underwent inferior maxillectomy.
Mazlina
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
Putra
S H A Primuharsa
SH
Shiraz
M A R Megat
MA
Hazim
M Y S
MY
Roszalina
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R
Abdul
A R Roslan
AR
D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies