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Infrasellar craniopharyngioma presenting as epistaxis, excised via Denker's medial maxillectomy approach.

Ahsan F, Rashid H, Chapman A, Ah-See KW

Department of Otolaryngology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, Scotland, UK. farhand009@hotmail.com

Infrasellar craniopharyngioma is an uncommon neoplasm. Rarely, it presents with epistaxis. To date, 39 cases of infrasellar craniopharyngioma have been reported in the world literature. Involvement of the maxillary sinus has only been reported once. We report a second case exclusively involving the nasal cavity, ethmoid sinus and maxillary sinus. Excision was performed using a Denker's medial maxillectomy approach.

Published 10 January 2005 in J Laryngol Otol, 118(11): 895-8.
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