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Table 1 Previous sinonasal intestinal type adenocarcinoma cases

From: Sinonasal adenocarcinoma presented as a giant anterior cranial fossa mass: a case report and review of the literature

Reference number

Authors

Age/sex

Origin

Extension to the brain

Symptoms and duration

Imaging

Surgery

Outcome and complication

Radiotherapy given

3

[7]

55/M

Skull base

None

Carpenter with rapid left visual loss

Skull base and meningeal invasion

Done

Patient died at 10th postoperative week

Given

4

[3]

68/m

Right paranasal sinuses

Extension to both frontal lobes with perilesional edema

Memory loss

Confusion 6 months

Large mass involving the right nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses with brain extension

Done

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

5

[8]

56/m

Recurrent change in mentation 6 month postoperative

Extension to both frontal lobes with perilesional edema

Change in mental status 6 months

Large destructive mass in sinonasal area with extension to frontal l; obes, CXR-multiple metastatic lesion in both lungs

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

Not mentioned

6

[4]

68/m

Ethmoid sinuses

High signal frontal mass

Confusion Weight loss 3 month

Frontal lesion hyper intense on magnetic resonance imaging

Frontal craniotomy, orbital osteotomy, tumor resection

Patient developed meningities, discharged at 3rd postoperatively

Not given

Due to meningitis

7

[9]

59/m

Nasal cavity from polyp

None

Hyposmia

And nasal obstruction 6 months

Complete opacification of all paranasal sinuses

Endoscopic sinonasal surgery, left posterior ethmoidectomy, lateral rhinotomy

Tumor recurrence 2 years later

Radiotherapy given

8

[10]

58/m

Cribriform plate

None

Blurry vision and headache 6 months

Expansile lesion arising from cribriform plate

Tumor resected, lymph node FNAC

Fungal ventriculities, sepsis, deep venous thrombosis

Not given due to unfit patient condition

9

[11]

76/f

Maxillary antrum, ethmoid air cells

None

Nasal obstruction, epistaxis, anosmia 2 months

Soft tissue mass in the maxillary antrum, ethmoid, bone erosion

Tumor resected with craniofacial reconstruction

Unremarkable except for breathing issues which was corrected with stenting

Not given

10

[12]

33/f

Nasal cavity, nasal septum, ethmoid sinus

None

Nasal obstruction 5 months

Nasal cavity, nasal septum, ethmoid sinus

Radical resection with later rhinotomy, small recurrence biopsied

Recurrence biopsied but asymptomatic

Given

11

[13]

72/f

Left nasal cavity

None

Epistaxis and left nasal obstruction

Left middle turbinate mass extending to maxillary sinus, ethmoid sinus, floor of orbit

Left total maxillectomy done-biopsy result low grade adeno carcinoma

Uneventful

Not given

  1. It summarizes the age, sex predominance, tumor origin, presence or absence of extension to the brain, how patients present, duration of their illness, how they appear on brain computerized tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging, types of surgery done and the outcome after surgery and complications, if radiotherapy was given or not and its effect on patient outcome
  2. FNAC fine needle aspiration