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Case 59 - Sinonasal Intestinal-Type Adenocarcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2019

By
Alessandro Franchi
Edited by
Alessandro Franchi
Alessandro Franchi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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Summary

A 62-year-old male presented with a history of recurrent episodes of epistaxis. Endoscopic examination showed a large lesion involving the left nasal cavity and the ethmoid. The patient was employed in a leather factory for 40 years.

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Pearls and Pitfalls in Head and Neck Pathology , pp. 125 - 126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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