Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the nasal cavity mimicking a simple nasal polyp
| Autor: | Saadatu Jafar Ladan, Mainasara Mohammed, Joshua Jibrin, Tokan S. Baduku |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Nasal cavity
medicine.medical_specialty Multidisciplinary Right nasal cavity medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Postoperative radiotherapy Nasal Mass Hypoesthesia respiratory system medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Biopsy otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Nasal septum medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of International Surgery. 5:184 |
| ISSN: | 2278-9596 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/2278-9596.167519 |
| Popis: | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the sinonasal area is very rare and frequently misclassified. We report a 43-year-old woman who presented with persistent nasal blockage, epistaxis, progressive right cheek swelling and ipsilateral proptosis. The affected eye's vision was low, to identifying only fingers at 6 m. She also had hypoesthesia over the right cheek and distortion of the ipsilateral external nasal pyramid. There was also a fleshy mass filling the right nasal cavity, causing the deviation of the nasal septum to the contra-lateral side. A diagnosis of a malignant nasal mass was made. Following the nasal polypoidal mass biopsy a histological diagnosis of MEC was made. The patient had complete evaluation including computed tomography scan of the sinuses and underwent extensive surgical resection and postoperative radiotherapy. The patient is doing well on follow-up. |
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