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Aneurysmal bone cyst of the maxillary sinus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. R. Hady*
Affiliation:
Cairo, Egypt
B. Ghanaam
Affiliation:
Cairo, Egypt
M. Z. Hady
Affiliation:
Cairo, Egypt
*
Professor M. Rashad Abd-al-Hady, 98 Mohamed Farid St., Bab-el-Look, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

Aneurysmal bone cyst is a cystic vascular osseous tumour which destroys and expands bone. The skeleton may be affected, the femur, tibia and the vertebral column being most commonly involved. It has previously been reported in the sphenoid sinus, this is the first reported case of such pathology in the maxillary sinus.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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