Ethmoidal Sinus Adenocarcinoma with Orbital Invasion
β Scribed by Pavlos Koukoulomatis; Antonios Charakidas; Alexandros Papakrivopoulos; Ioannis Giotakis
- Book ID
- 111550767
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-5701
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## Abstract __Background.__ Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses is rare. The majority of these originate in the maxillary sinus with primary ethmoid carcinomas occurring in up to 20% of cases. Adenocarcinomas comprise up to 50% of the ethmoid malignancy. The relative rarity of tumors originating in
## BACKGROUND. The presence of mutations of the 3 ras proto-oncogenes in 31 cases of ethmoid sinus adenocarcinoma, an uncommon tumor type epidemiologically related to professional exposure to wood dust, was studied. ## METHODS. The authors studied 31 patients with ethmoid sinus adenocarcinoma.