Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the maxilla
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Dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the maxilla.
A 20-year-old male reported with right-sided facial swelling, epistaxis and right sided proptosis of two months duration. Computerized tomography scan of the face revealed a mass in the right maxillary sinus. The patient underwent surgery and the postoperative histopathology was suggestive of dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma. The present report discusses this rare presentation and the issues in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0973-1482
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.31975