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Endoscopic treatment of an ethmoidal solitary fibrous tumour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2006

Ernesto Pasquini
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.
Cosetta Cantaroni
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.
Nunzio Salfi
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.
Gabriel Tamburini
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.
Chiara Marchi
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.
Vittorio Sciarretta
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy.

Abstract

Solitary fibrous tumours are rare neoplasms, which occur most frequently during adulthood at the level of the pleura. Recently, these tumours have been demonstrated in extraserosal sites such as the nasal cavity. A case of a solitary fibrous tumour arising at the level of the ethmoid and presenting in a 54-year-old woman, is reported. The tumour was removed using an endonasal endoscopic approach that permitted the monobloc excision of the lesion. The patient is without evidence of disease 18 months after surgery.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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