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This is a patient who had previous endoscopic sinus

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surgery for chronic sinusitis, and at the time of

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endoscopy, they noticed a pigmented lesion along

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the posterolateral wall of the maxillary antrum.

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On the T1-weighted scan, we see that this

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lesion has bright signal intensity

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pre-contrast, has dark signal intensity

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on the T2-weighted image and shows

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bright signal intensity on the post-

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gadolinium enhanced scan with fat suppression.

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This may or may not be enhancing since

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it was bright on the pre-contrast scan.

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You notice, however, that there is some irregularity

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here for the erosion of the maxillary sinus laterally,

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and this in point of fact turned out to be a melanoma

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characterized by the bright signal intensity on T1,

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dark signal intensity on T2 for a

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malignancy of the maxillary antrum.

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Here is the CT scan of the same

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patient, and you notice the mass

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in the lateral wall of the maxillary antrum

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with erosion of the bony posterolateral

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wall of the maxillary sinus, and this is

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a very power— lesion. On the CT scan,

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there's no way that we would

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say that this was melanoma.

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However, the MR with the bright signal on

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T1-weighted scan is characteristic of that entity.

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Faculty

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

Mahla Radmard, MD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Tags

Sinus

Sinonasal Cavity

Oncologic Imaging

Neuroradiology

Neoplastic

MRI

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