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Diagnosis and Management

CAPT MICHAEL M. PAPARELLA, MC

Arch Otolaryngol. 1963;77(6):650-657.

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It has been the experience of several writers^3,5,6,10,15 that the benign mucosal cyst of the maxillary sinus is quite common. Our recent experience in fact has shown this to be the most common solitary lesion of the maxillary sinus.

Treatment ranges from a tendency towards conservatism to Van Alyea's¹⁴ viewpoint of seriously considering removal in all cases, even asymptomatic ones, because of the carcinogenic possibility of all apparently innocent growths. It would seem that surgical treatment should be based on an established diagnosis and symptomatology resulting from the cyst's presence. The purpose here is to discuss a method of management and to remark on some of our recent cases. In addition comments will be made regarding terminology and the incidence with which this cyst is encountered.

Maxillary sinus cysts may have two possible sites of origin, mucosal or dental. Dental cysts include follicular cysts (dentigerous) and radicular (root) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
USA

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 8, 1962.

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