Table 2 Classification of isolated sphenoid sinus disease
From: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the sphenoid sinus presenting as isolated oculomotor nerve palsy
Inflammatory disease | Benign neoplasms | Malignant neoplasms |
|---|---|---|
Sinusitis acute/chronic | Inverting papilloma | Squamous cell carcinoma |
Mucocele | Pseudotumor | Adenoid cystic carcinoma |
Polyps retention cyst | Myxofibroma | Chondrosarcoma |
Fungal sinusitis | Schwannoma | Neuroendocrine carcinoma |
| Â | Osteochondroma | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma |
| Â | Plasmacytoma | Malignant fibrous histiocytoma |
| Â | Chordoma | Osteogenic sarcoma |
| Â | Pituitary adenoma | Lymphoma |
| Â | Meningioma | Olfactory neuroblastoma |
| Â | Epidermoid tumor | Ewing's sarcoma |
| Â | Cavernous hemangioma | Giant cell tumor |
| Â | Â | Metastatic tumors |