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