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A RARE CASE OF OLFACTORY NEUROBLASTOMA - NOSE

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Majority of nasal cavity and paranasal Sinus           malignancies are squamous cell carcinoma. Other type of malignancies are adenocarcinoma, malignant melanoma, olfactory neuroblastoma, haemangiopericytoma lymphoma. We report a rare case of olfactory neuroblastoma in a 37 year old male who presented with nasal obstruction for 5 months.


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