Is routine histopathological examination of FESS material useful?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-384

  Van Den Boer, Cindy ^a   Brutel, Guy ^a   De Vries, Nico ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic rhinosinusitis; Functional endoscopic sinus surgery; Histopathology outcome; Polyposis nasi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NETHERLANDS; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; PAPILLOMA; PRECANCER; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL POLYPS; PAPILLOMA; PAPILLOMA, INVERTED; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 77949264258     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1097-2     Document Type: Article

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