Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (inflammatory pseudotumor) of the maxillary sinus mimicking malignancy: A case report of an unusual location (is that a true neoplasm?)

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-386

  Karakök, Metin ^a   Özer, Enver ^a   Sar, Ibrahim ^a   Mumbuç, Semih ^a   Aydn, Abdullah ^a   Kanlkama, Muzaffer ^a   Kervancoglu, R ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inflammatory pseudotumor; Maxillary sinus; Myofibroblastic tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MAXILLA SINUS TUMOR; MYOFIBROBLAST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PSEUDOTUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036776303     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(02)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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