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Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma: Case report and short literature review

Published:2021-04-30 Issue:42 Volume:11 Page:74-80
ISSN:2393-3356
Container-title:Romanian Journal of Rhinology
language:en
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Author:

Tanase Ionut¹²,Virlan Andra¹

Affiliation:

1. ENT&HNS Department , “Sfanta Maria” Hospital , Bucharest , Romania

2. CESITO Centre, “Sfanta Maria” Hospital , Bucharest , Romania

Abstract

Abstract We present a case of a 48-year-old male patient who was admitted in our clinic for right nasal obstruction, antero-posterior mucopurulent rhinorrhea, recurrent right micro-epistaxis, hyposmia, cacosmia and right hemicrania. ENT findings and CT scan detects proliferative, polylobate, vascularized tumor formation occupying the right nasal nostril, with muco-purulent secretions lining the tumor formation. The tumor pushes the intersinusal wall to the side and the nasal septum to the contralateral nostril. The apparent origin is at the level of the right middle nasal meatus, but we could not identify a clear limit from the nasopharynx lateral and posterior wall. Resection of the entire tumor formation was performed under endoscopic control. The histopathological outcome revealed undifferentiated carcinoma; immunohistochemical tests were performed and support the myoepithelial origins.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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