Giant cell tumor of the frontal sinus: case report.

Matushita, João Paulo; Matushita, Julieta S.; Simões, Luiz Antonio Monteiro; de Carvalho Neto, Lizando Franco; Matushita, Cristina S.; Kawaoka Matushita, João Paulo

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.

GIANT cell tumors; FRONTAL sinus; FRONTAL sinus surgery; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; RHINOPLASTY; TUMORS

Radiologia Brasileira, 2013, Vol 46, Issue 4, p255

0100-3984

Academic Journal

10.1590/S0100-39842013000400014