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Todd Hillman, MD; Edgar B. Galloway, MD; Leland P. Johnson, MD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;128:452-455.

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A 77-YEAR-OLD MAN presented with a 1-week history of increasing right nasal swelling. He had not noticed nasal congestion or tenderness associated with the mass, and he denied trauma to the face or nose. He had no fever, chills, purulent nasal drainage, or facial numbness. His medical history was significant for hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and alcohol abuse; he also had a 90 pack-year history of smoking.

On physical examination, a 3-cm cystic mass was observed posterior to the nasal ala and anterior to the maxilla on the right. The nasal vestibule was raised on the right, and the right nasolabial fold was effaced on the same side. A computed tomographic scan (Figure 1 and Figure 2) showed a 2.5-cm cystic mass abutting the anterior aspect of the right maxilla. Bone remodeling, without invasion, was present, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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