This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

A Summary of the Bibliographic Material Available in the Field of Otolaryngology

TUMORS OF THE NOSE AND THROAT

GORDON B. NEW, M.D.; WALTER KIRCH, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1932;15(4):623-633.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

NOSE

Rosenwasser¹ reported the extremely rare condition of plasmocytoma of the nasal cavity. The patient had had obstruction of the left side of the nose for one year, with discharge and headache. Photomicrographs and a minute microscopic description of the tumor were presented. The author concluded that the tumor consisted of a lymphoblastoma undergoing transformation of plasma cells. These tumors have a tendency to recur and often are multiple, but do not usually metastasize. Radium was used in the treatment.

Adler² reported two cases of intranasal glioma originating from the cribriform plate.

Sakon³ reported two cases of epithelioma of the septum, and described the treatment, which consisted of complete bilateral rhinotomy with insertion of radium. One patient has been well four years; the lesion of the other patient had to be removed by diathermy after nine months.

Wright⁴ considered the association between chronic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Section on Laryngology, Oral and Plastic Surgery, the Mayo Clinic.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?