title: Malignant oncocytoma of the nasal cavity: a case report.
abstract: Malignant oncocytoma is a rare clinical entity and is most commonly seen in the salivary glands. Its occurrence in the nasal cavity is extremely rare, and only 4 such cases have been reported in the literature. The authors report one such case in a 60-year-old woman, which presented as a slow-growing nasal mass arising from the nasal septum, with no lymph node metastasis, which was successfully managed by a combined modality of treatment-surgery followed by radiation therapy. The relevant literature has been reviewed. The case is discussed as a possible differential diagnosis for a mass in the nose.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT-Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed