title: Maxillary sinus tumours--a review of twenty-nine patients treated by maxillectomy approach.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazlina
authors.forename: S H A Primuharsa
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Putra
authors.forename: M A R Megat
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shiraz
authors.forename: M Y S
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Hazim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roszalina
authors.forename: A R Roslan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Abdul
mesh_terms: 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