Case Report
Volume: 4 | Issue: 6 | Published: Jun 23, 2020 | Pages: 202 - 205 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus
Authors: Rafshan Sadiq , Saira Zafar , Asrah Nawaz , Muhammad Babar Imran
Article Info
Authors
Rafshan Sadiq
PINUM Cancer Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Saira Zafar
PINUM Cancer Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Asrah Nawaz
PINUM Cancer Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Babar Imran
PINUM Cancer Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Publication History
Received: December 31, 2019
Revised: April 27, 2020
Accepted: May 06, 2020
Published: June 23, 2020
Abstract
Background: Sarcomatoid carcinoma (SC) of paranasal sinuses is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma. We present the case of a patient with maxillary sinus tumor projecting into the oral cavity. Case Presentation: We describe a 79-year-old male who visited the oncology department with complaints of soft tissue growth in the oral cavity. An imaging showed an infiltrating left maxillary antrum mass with locoregional destruction and multiple bone metastases. Histopathology proved this mass as SC. The patient was unfit for surgical resection, so he managed palliatively with radiotherapy. Conclusion: Being a rare entity, management is debatable, but radical surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy confers a better disease control. However, if tumor is unresectable, then radiotherapy alone can be helpful in the palliative management of this tumor.
Keywords: Sarcomatoid carcinoma, paranasal sinuses, maxillary sinus, radiotherapy, skeletal metastasis, case report, green
Pubmed Style
Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus. EJMCR. 2020; 23 (June 2020): 202-205. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
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Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1418 [Access: December 04, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
AMA (American Medical Association) Style
Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus. EJMCR. 2020; 23 (June 2020): 202-205. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
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Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran. Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus. EJMCR. (2020), [cited December 04, 2024]; 23 (June 2020): 202-205. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
Harvard Style
Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran (2020) Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus. EJMCR, 23 (June 2020): 202-205. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
Chicago Style
Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran. "Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus." 23 (2020), 202-205. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style
Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran. "Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus." 23.June 2020 (2020), 202-205. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724
APA (American Psychological Association) Style
Rafshan Sadiq, Saira Zafar, Asrah Nawaz, Muhammad Babar Imran (2020) Sarcomatoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus. , 23 (June 2020), 202-205. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1576916724