Year: 1999 Vol. 65 Ed. 1 - (2º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 20 to 24
Nasal Tumors in Childhood.
Author(s):
Ossamu Butugan*,
Michel B. Cahali**,
Márcia S. Murakami**,
Cláudio M. Y. Ikino**,
Walmir E. P. A. D'Antonio** ;
Ítalo R. T. Medeiros**,
Patrícia P. Santoro** ,
Richard L. Voegels*** ,
Luiz U. Serenes ****
Keywords: nasal tumors, childhood, epidemiology
Abstract:
Background: Nose and paranasal sinuses neoplasms are uneommon. There are few publications about their incidênce and clinical €eatures, specially ire childhood. Objective: Recognize the clinical and histological features of nose and paranasal sinuses neoplasms ire children-Methods: A 15 years retrospective analysis of 23 patients with nose or sinuses neoplasm with age ranging from 0 to 12 years old. Results: The patients's age ranged between a month to 12 years. The male/female ratío was 6:1. The major symptons were nasal obstruction (91,3`%'0), epistaxis (52,2%) and facial deformities (30,4%). Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma was the most frequent neoplasm (60,7%), followed by Glioma (6,9%), PNET (4,6%), Haemangioma (2,3%), Lymphangioma (2,3%),Pappiloma (2,3%) and Chondromyxoid fibroma (2,3%). Conclusion: The neoplasm symptoms are similar to inflamatory diseases symptoms. Then neoplasm should be considered when someone analyses a possible inflamatory disease that doesn't respond to convencional treatment
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