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Cholesteatoma of Maxillary Sinus Simulating Neoplasia: A Rare Case Report
Sushma Vakalapudi1, Sumit Majumdar1, Divya Uppala1
1Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Gitam Dental College and Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
International Journal of Applied & Basic Medical Research
|April 12, 2021
Abstract:
The term cholesteatoma refers to "chole": cholesterol, "steat": fat and "oma,": "tumor". This tumor has been reported to be the most common in the middle ear. The occurrence of such a tumor in the maxillary sinus is deemed to be very rare and hardly 4 cases were reported in India and 26 cases described worldwide. This case report intends to discuss the uniqueness and indolent nature of this lesion in terms of histopathology and radiography.
