{"title":"Isolated Xanthoma Of The Sphenoid Sinus: A Rare Presentation.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To present the first case in the English literature of a sphenoid xanthoma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Case Report</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>A 36 year-old Hispanic female with past medical history of Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and family history of hyperlipidemia that presented with a 1-year history of sporadic left sided epistaxis. A paranasal sinus Computed Tomography (CT) was performed revealing a soft tissue lesion infiltrating the left sphenoid sinus. Patient underwent endoscopic sinus sphenoidotomy with intraoperative findings of a yellow-tan, friable soft tissue mass filling the left sphenoid sinus. Biopsies were taken which exhibited histologically findings consistent with a xanthoma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In a patient with hyperlipidemia isolated lesions on paransasal sinuses can be related to xanthoma formation.</p>","PeriodicalId":75610,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico","volume":"107 2","pages":"32-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective: To present the first case in the English literature of a sphenoid xanthoma.
Methods: Case Report
Discussion: A 36 year-old Hispanic female with past medical history of Hashimoto's hypothyroidism and family history of hyperlipidemia that presented with a 1-year history of sporadic left sided epistaxis. A paranasal sinus Computed Tomography (CT) was performed revealing a soft tissue lesion infiltrating the left sphenoid sinus. Patient underwent endoscopic sinus sphenoidotomy with intraoperative findings of a yellow-tan, friable soft tissue mass filling the left sphenoid sinus. Biopsies were taken which exhibited histologically findings consistent with a xanthoma.
Conclusion: In a patient with hyperlipidemia isolated lesions on paransasal sinuses can be related to xanthoma formation.