Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Arising in a Wound after Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Maxillary Sinusitis

Takeshi Kusunoki, Hirotomo

Abstract

Sinonasal tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation are a rare group of neoplasms that account for only 5% of all sinonasal malignancies. Paranasal neoplasms very rarely arise postoperatively from the maxillary sinus. We encountered a case of neuroendocrine carcinoma arising in a wound after endoscopic sinus surgery for maxillary sinusitis. At the first medical examination, we tried to discriminate between maxillary tumor and postoperative recurrence of maxillary sinusitis.

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