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Metastatic osteosarcoma of the ethmoid: an unusual cause of recurrent epistaxis and proptosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. S. Sharma ,
S. C. Reddy ,
Abdul Mohamad ,
M. Z. Meor Kamal  and
Dinesh Halder
H. S. Sharma*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
S. C. Reddy
Affiliation:
Departments of Ophthalmology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Abdul Mohamad
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
M. Z. Meor Kamal
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Dinesh Halder
Affiliation:
Departments of Paediatrics, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Hari Shankar Sharma, Department of Otorhinolaryngology7, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
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Abstract

Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumour of bone and it usually metastasises to the lung. In the nasal cavity metastatic disease is extremely rare. We describe a case of osteosarcoma presenting with recurrent epistaxis, and proptosis due to secondaries in the nasal cavity. To our knowledge such a case has not been reported previously in the available English literature.

Keywords

OsteosarcomaNeoplasm metastasisNasal cavityEpistaxisExophthalmos
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 7 , July 1996 , pp. 676 - 678
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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