Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in the maxillary sinus with asymptomatic course excised during endoscopic surgery – a case report and review of the literature

• Authors: Krzysztof Poślednik , Igor Anurin , Ireneusz Kantor

Abstracts

EN

Introduction: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare condition that can mimic potentially more dangerous states such as malignant tumors. The tumor itself can also show local malignancy as well as malignant transformation. The paranasal sinus IMT is quite a rare case in the literature. The manifestation of the disease can include face swelling, nasal obstruction, epistaxis, vision acuity worsening, numbness of the face, pain. Etiology of this type of lesion still remains uncertain but there are a few assumptions on the issue: viral and genetic, as well as posttraumatic and postinflammatory. We report a case of an adult woman with IMT detected in the right maxillary sinus after endoscopic sinus surgery. Case report: We report the case of an adult woman with IMT detected in right maxillary sinus after endoscopic sinus surgery.

Keywords

EN

endoscopic sinus surgery; inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; inflammatory pseudotumor of the maxillary sinus; plasma cell granuloma

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 8(4)
• Pages: 38-41

Dates

published

2019-10-16

Contributors

author

Krzysztof Poślednik

author

Igor Anurin

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Ireneusz Kantor

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.5351