Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-t5tsf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-10T20:08:23.848Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Adenocarcinoma of the ethmoid sinuses: a case of two primary tumours

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

A. D. Mace ,
A. M. Lale  and
J. W. R. Capper
A. D. Mace
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK.
A. M. Lale
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK.
J. W. R. Capper
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, UK.
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The authors present a case report of a retired furniture worker who initially presented with a mucin-secreting adenocarinoma of the right ethmoid sinus. He underwent surgical resection, leaving the nasal septum intact, and topical treatment with 5-fluorouracil. He remained disease free. Three years after his initial presentation he was found to have a left nasal polyp on routine examination. This subsequently proved to be a second primary adenocarcinoma. A review of the literature has not shown any other cases of a second primary adenocarcinoma of the ethmoid sinuses.

Keywords

Ethmoid SinusAdenocarcinomaOccupational Diseases
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 116 , Issue 9 , September 2002 , pp. 730 - 732
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)