The authors, by analysing 31 cylindromas and 65 squamous cell carcinomas of the maxillary sinus, reached the conclusion that at a T2–T3, identical stage of development and with similar treatment, the carcinoma has a worse prognosis than the cylindroma, the latter being influenced in its clinical evolution by its histologic characteristics. In particular, the solid cellular pattern negatively affects the survival period.
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