title: [Sinonasal inverted papilloma: 43 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Inverted papilloma (IP) is a common epithelial tumor arising from the nasal vault. The aim of our study was to evaluate the advantages, the results and the limits in the treatment of this tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study of 43 patients over the period 1989-2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age was 53.3 years. We found a maxillary sinus extension in 40 cases and ethmoidal extension in 27 cases. Twenty-nine patients were treated through an endoscopic endonasal approach. A vestibular approach was used in three patients. A paralateral nasal approach was used for 12 cases. We observed a recurrence in 9.3% of the all cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment of IP is surgical. Their high potential of local aggressiveness, fear of recurrence and the possibility of the occurrence of a malignancy require radical treatment.
authors: Hôpital Habib Thameur Tunis, service ORL et CCF, 8, rue Ali-Ben-Ayed, Montfleury 1008, Tunisie. medbenamor76@yahoo.fr
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Ben Amor
authors: Nadia
authors: N
authors: Romdhane
authors: Zoubaida
authors: Z
authors: Khalifa
authors: Sarra
authors: S
authors: Zribi
authors: Ines
authors: I
authors: Hariga
authors: Chiraz
authors: C
authors: Mbarek
authors: Abdelkader
authors: A
authors: El Khedim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult