TABLE 90-19
| Table 90-19. AJCC Staging for malignant primary tumors of the maxillary sinuses. | |
| TNM | Staging of Primaries of the Maxillary Sinus |
| TX | Tumor cannot be assessed |
| T0 | No evidence of primary tumor |
| Tis | Carcinoma in situ |
| T1 | Tumor limited to antral mucosa with no erosion or destruction of bone |
| T2 | Tumor causing bone erosion or destruction, except for the posterior antral wall, including extension into the hard palate and/or the middle nasal meatus. |
| T3 | Tumor invades any of the following: bone of the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus, subcutaneous tissues, skin of cheek, floor or medial wall of orbit, infratemporal fossa, pterygoid plates, ethmoid sinuses. |
| T4 | Tumor invades orbital contents beyond the floor or medial wall including any of the following: the orbital apex, cribiform plate, base of skull, nasopharynx, sphenoid, frontal sinuses. |