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A 66-year-old woman presented with a 6 month history of left nasal obstruction and facial pain. She had experienced scanty purulent nasal discharge but no epistaxis. A nasal endoscopy revealed a left fleshy nasal mass. A CT scan of the sinuses revealed a left sino-nasal mass with minimal bony destruction. An endoscopic biopsy under general anaesthesia demonstrated an intestinal-type adenocarcinoma. MRI imaging of the face/neck and CT of the thorax and abdomen displayed that the malignancy was confined to the left paranasal sinuses. The patient was treated with endoscpic resection after declining craniofacial surgery. Recurrences were successfully managed with topical 5 Fluorouracil. The patient remains free of disease 13 years after her initial presentation.
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Khalil, H.S., Mackie, S., Malik, T. (2021). Sino-Nasal Intestinal-Type Adenocarcinoma. In: Stavrakas, M., Khalil, H.S. (eds) Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66865-5_38
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