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maxillary sinus cholesteatoma

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A rare, progressive, non-neoplastic pathologic process that arises from the maxillary sinus mucosal epithelium. It is characterized by the proliferation of keratinizing squamous epithelium and the formation of keratin sheets. It may lead to bone erosion and infections. Surgical removal is the appropriate treatment. [ NCIT:P378 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C35868 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • EFO:1000731 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • DOID:867 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C1334644 (NCIT:C35868)
definition

A rare, progressive, non-neoplastic pathologic process that arises from the maxillary sinus mucosal epithelium. It is characterized by the proliferation of keratinizing squamous epithelium and the formation of keratin sheets. It may lead to bone erosion and infections. Surgical removal is the appropriate treatment.

exactMatch

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1334644, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C35868, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_867

has exact synonym

cholesteatoma (disease) of maxillary sinus, maxillary sinus cholesteatoma (disease)

id

MONDO:0006577