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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 1728-1732 |
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Olfactory neuroblastoma managed with endoscopic sinus surgery
Saleh Mayoof Al-Osaimi1, Althumali Abdulaziz Hameed2, Atheer Abdulraheem Alsufyani3, Rahaf Ghazi Altwairqi1, Abrar Fahad Alotaibi1
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Alhada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
2 General Practitioner, King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
3 Medical Intern, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Althumali Abdulaziz Hameed
King Abdulaziz Specilaist Hospital, Taif
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_62_21
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Olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) or esthesioneuroblastoma is a rare malignancy of the nose and paranasal sinuses that originates from the upper nasal vault. We report a rare case of ONB in a 27-year-old female patient with a 2-year history of nasal obstruction, sneezing, nasal discharge, and left eye protrusion. The patient was successfully treated with endoscopic sinus surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) with 5-year follow-up duration. Studying ONB cases is of great importance due to its rare occurrence, and the lack of literature regarding its management often creates a dilemma leading to nonstandardized treatment methods. Prolonged surveillance is essential due to its late recurrence and endoscopic resection followed by adjuvant RT, which may be a feasible and effective treatment. There is no single case of ONB published yet in Saudi Arabia, and to our knowledge, this is the first case report.
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