TY - JOUR
T1 - Vascular hamartoma of the paranasal sinuses
T2 - Report of 3 rare cases and a short review of the literature
AU - Mannan, A. A.S.Rifat
AU - Sharma, Mehar C.
AU - Singh, Manoj K.
AU - Bahadur, Sudhir
AU - Hatimota, Pradeep
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - The paranasal sinuses are an extremely unusual location for a vascular hamartoma. As far as we know, only 1 such case has been previously reported in the English-language literature. We report 3 new cases of vascular hamartoma of the paranasal sinuses, which occurred in a 20-year-old woman and in 2 men aged 36 and 45 years. Radiologically, the lesion in the woman was confined to the sinuses, while evidence of intraorbital extension was seen in the 2 men. No intracranial extension was seen in any patient. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic examination of the excised lesions. All 3 patients were alive without recurrence at 12 to 24 months of follow-up.
AB - The paranasal sinuses are an extremely unusual location for a vascular hamartoma. As far as we know, only 1 such case has been previously reported in the English-language literature. We report 3 new cases of vascular hamartoma of the paranasal sinuses, which occurred in a 20-year-old woman and in 2 men aged 36 and 45 years. Radiologically, the lesion in the woman was confined to the sinuses, while evidence of intraorbital extension was seen in the 2 men. No intracranial extension was seen in any patient. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic examination of the excised lesions. All 3 patients were alive without recurrence at 12 to 24 months of follow-up.
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U2 - 10.1177/014556130908800112
DO - 10.1177/014556130908800112
M3 - Article
C2 - 19172571
AN - SCOPUS:64849105803
SN - 0145-5613
VL - 88
SP - 740
EP - 743
JO - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
JF - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
IS - 1
ER -