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Identification of OTX1 and OTX2 As Two Possible Molecular Markers for Sinonasal Carcinomas and Olfactory Neuroblastomas
Published on: February 28, 2019
[Case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nose with rapid course]
Zygmunt Szmeja1, Katarzyna Nowak
1Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej AM im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
Abstract:
A case of adenoid cystic carcinoma in 41-year old man, localised on nasal septum was described. The course of disease was very unsatisfactory--many local recurrences, lymph node metastases and in the last period generalisation of the neoplasms. The period between diagnosis and the time of death was only 8 months in spite of repeated operations of the tumours local recurrences and lymph nodes metastases as well as radio- and chemotherapy.
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