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FREDERICK A. FIGI, M.D.; KENNETH D. DEVINE, M.D.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1952;56(5):535-555.

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TUMORS OF THE NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES

HILL¹ REPORTS a case of the extranasal type of congenital glioma of the nose and discusses the differences between this type and the intranasal and mixed types. He states that it is of practical importance to differentiate glioma from encephalocele of the nose, because an encephalocele may contain channels for cere-brospinal fluid and because death from meningitis has resulted after removal of a gliomatous encephalocele. Miller and Neidhardt² also report a case of extranasal glioma. Cuthbert³ adds three cases of intranasal glioma, one of which is probably a case of glioma of both the intranasal and the extranasal type.

Miller and Moore⁴ state that nasoalveolar cysts constitute a condition of which rhinologists should be more cognizant. These cysts are always found at the attachment of the alae of the nares. As the cysts increase in size, they encroach on . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Section of Plastic Surgery and Laryngology, Mayo Clinic.

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