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William E. Silver, MD; John F. Daly, MD; Milton Friedman, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1968;87(5):532-535.

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LYMPHOMAS comprise a group of malignant disorders of lymphoid and reticulum cells. This paper is particularly concerned with reticulum cell sarcoma in the nose and paranasal sinuses. In the head and neck these malignant lymphomas usually originate in the cervical lymph nodes or in Waldyer's ring. However, they may occasionally arise in extranodal tissue. This presentation will discuss four cases of reticulum cell sarcoma arising in the nose and paranasal sinuses.

Four questions arise: How often does the reticulum cell sarcoma occur in the paranasal sinuses? Are these tumors unicentric or multicentric in origin? What is the prognosis of a reticulum cell sarcoma of the paranasal sinuses? What is the best form of therapy for these tumors?

Report of Cases

CASE 1.—A 67-year-old white woman was admitted to University Hospital in November 1966. Four months prior to admission she had left maxillary sinus pain associated with purulent nasal discharge. On . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Otolaryngology and Division of Radiation Therapy, University Hospital of New York University Medical Center, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 23, 1968.

Presented at the Ninth Annual meeting of the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Montreal, May 23, 1967.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, 550 First Ave, New York 10016 (Dr. Silver).

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