Re: is melanoma a fungal disease or not?

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Jeanine,

Thank you for posting this.

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Ear Nose Throat J. 2007 Sep;86(9):561-4.

Paranasal sinus melanoma masquerading as chronic sinusitis and

nasal polyposis.

Kung B, Deschenes GR, Keane W, Cunnane M, -Ampuero MP, Rosen M.

Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery,

Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Malignant melanoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses can be a

devastating disease, typically presenting at an advanced stage, with a

5-year survival rate ranging between 20 and 30%. It is an uncommon

process, often misdiagnosed both clinically and pathologically. We

present the case of an 80-year-old man who had a 2-month history of

progressively worsening left-sided epistaxis and nasal obstruction.

Radiographic evidence indicated the presence of soft tissue in the

left maxillary sinus and nasal cavity resembling massive nasal

polyposis and chronic fungal sinusitis. Magnetic resonance imaging was

not performed because the patient had a pacemaker. After endoscopic

debridement of the soft-tissue mass, frozen-section analysis detected

no evidence of tumor. The final pathologic diagnosis was malignant

melanoma. Otolaryngologists should be familiar with the difficulties

inherent in the diagnosis and management of sinonasal melanomas.

PMID: 17970147 [PubMed - in process]

On Nov 26, 2007 2:56 PM, who <jeaninem660@...> wrote:

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> 2007paranasal sinus melanoma masquerading as

> chronic sinusitis and nasal polyposis.

> (resembling chronic fungal sinusitis and nasal polyposis)

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