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- Title
Giant cell tumor of the frontal sinus: case report.
- Authors
Matushita, João Paulo; Matushita, Julieta S.; Simões, Luiz Antonio Monteiro; de Carvalho Neto, Lizando Franco; Matushita, Cristina S.; Kawaoka Matushita, João Paulo
- Abstract
The authors report the case of a giant cell tumor of the frontal sinus in a 54-year-old male patient. This tumor location is rare, and this is the third case reported in the literature with radiographic documentation and histopathological confirmation. The patient underwent surgery, with curettage of frontal sinus and placement of a prosthesis. He died because a voluntary abrupt discontinuation of corticosteroids.
- Subjects
GIANT cell tumors; FRONTAL sinus; FRONTAL sinus surgery; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; RHINOPLASTY; TUMORS
- Publication
Radiologia Brasileira, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 4, p255
- ISSN
0100-3984
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1590/S0100-39842013000400014