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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar 22;11(3):e4298.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.4298.

Heavily Calcified Esthesioneuroblastoma in a 72-year-old

Robert Maurer  1 , April Henry  1 , Timothy Maurer  2 , Ghazal Staity  1 , Nicole Williams  3 , Neerav Goyal  4 , Brad Zacharia  1
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Case Reports

Heavily Calcified Esthesioneuroblastoma in a 72-year-old

Robert Maurer et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

A 72-year-old female presented with the complaint of declining vision. Workup included magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which revealed a large enhancing mass extending into the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, and anterior cranial fossa. Computed tomography (CT) imaging revealed extensive calcification. Subsequent endonasal biopsy revealed the tumor to be an unusually calcified esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB). The patient elected for palliative measures. The case provides a basis for a discussion on rare esthesioneuroblastomas and highlights the possibility of extensive calcification on such tumors.

Keywords: esthesioneuroblastoma; olfactory neuroblastoma.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. T1 weighted axial MRI
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Figure 2. T1 weighted post-contrast axial MRI
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Figure 3. T1 weighted post-contrast coronal MRI
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Figure 4. Axial non-contrast CT
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Figure 5. Sagittal non-contrast CT
Figure 6
Figure 6. H&E staining of tumor at 200x magnification
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Figure 7. Synaptophysin stain of tumor at 100x magnification
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