Clinical features
The exact presentation depends on the site of the lesion.
Maxillary sinus cancer:
- ocular effects - proptosis, epiphora, diplopia
- nasal effects - bloody rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction, anosmia
- oral effects - loose teeth, ill-fitting dentures, palatal swelling
- facial effects - facial swelling or paraesthesia
- metastatic lymph nodes in neck
- retro-antral spread causing trismus (pterygoid invasion) or trigeminal neuralgia
Frontal sinus cancer:
- orbital symptoms
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