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Can a maxillary sinus retention cyst be cancerous?

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (8)
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@colleenyoung

@kewp, eventhough malignant tumours of maxillary sinus are rare, I can understand your wanting to be sure about the diagnosis.

Maxillary sinus retention cysts are relatively common, many people don’t know they have them. In most cases, these cysts have no symptoms and are only discovered in an imaging exam. Did you only find out you had the cyst because of the dental imaging being done for other reasons? Did you ask the ENT specialist if further imaging might rule out cancer?

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lindsergirl | @lindsergirl | May 11 3:30am

I had symptoms like swollen eyelids, sinus and eye pain and pressure and migraines and had an MRI done it showed a maxillary mucosal cyst. The ENT (not my choice of ENT dr btw) I saw just dismissed it as well even though I've had a nasal polyp in the past that caused lots of symptoms so bad I had to have surgery on it. Do you think this might be the cause of my symptoms?

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