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| Synovial sarcoma of ethmoid sinus masquadering as chronic sinusitis: A case report |
| Krishnangshu Choudhury Bhanja1, Shatarupa Dutta2, Priyanjit Kumar Kayal2, Suman Ghorai3, Anjali Majumder4 |
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1Senior Resident, Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2Junior Resident, Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 3Assistant Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata West Bengal, India. 4Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. |
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doi:10.5348/ijcri-2012-04-111-CR-8
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| Bhanja KC, Dutta S, Kayal PK, Ghorai S, Majumder A. Synovial sarcoma of ethmoid sinus masquadering as chronic sinusitis: A case report. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012;3(4):30–33. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Synovial sarcomas are malignant soft tissue tumors usually occurring in adolescent and young adults of 15–40 years of age. It usually originates from the synovium but sometimes have a tendency to arise from unknown parasynovial tissues as parapharyngeal, paranasal, retroperitoneal and mediastinal regions. Paranasal sinuses are rarely involved subsites of head and neck region.
Case Report: We report case of a 55-year-old hypertensive patient who presented with intermittent nasal bleeding. Computed tomography (CT) scan suggests left anterior ethmoidal mass with anterior cranial fossa extension. Biopsy was suggestive of synovial sarcoma. She had history of polyp extraction two times but biopsy was suggestive of inflammatory origin. This patient received EBRT 50Gy in 25 fractions. No recurrence was noticed in one year follow up. Conclusion: We report unusual ethmoid sinus synovial sarcoma masquerading as chronic sinusitis in an elderly female patient, unlikely age presentation. | |
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Key Words:
Synovial sarcoma, Ethmoid sinus
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Author Contributions:
Krishnangshu Choudhury Bhanja - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Shatarupa Dutta - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published Priyanjit Kumar Kayal - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Suman Ghorai - Drafting the article, revising it critically for important intellectual content, Substantial contributions to conception and design, Final approval of the version to be published Anjali Majumder - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission:
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support:
None |
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Conflict of interest:
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright:
© Krishnangshu Choudhury Bhanja et. al. 2012; This article is distributed the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any means provided the original authors and original publisher are properly credited. (Please see Copyright Policy for more information.) |
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