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[Malignant teratocarcinosarcoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses]
Hussein Gadban1, Yoav Talmon, Alvin Samet
1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel.
Harefuah
|June 21, 2002
Abstract:
Malignant teratocarcinosarcoma of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinuses is a rare and invasive tumor. It is characterized by a mixture of mesenchymal and epithelial components, with cellular elements of a fetal nature. We describe in detail the first and only case in Israel of a patient with such a tumor. Only 40-50 such cases have been described in the medical literature. We have also reviewed the existing literature dealing with malignant teratocarcinosarcoma.