Intracranial sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) in a child.
BACKGROUND
Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma (SNUC) is a rare and relatively newly described clinicopathological entity of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses.


METHODS
Authors report a 12-year-old male child with SNUC, who presented primarily with features of raised intracranial pressure without any feature pertaining to nasal cavity/orbit involvement. The large mass, however, was also predominantly intracranial resembling with solid intra-axial tumor, with its classical clinical profile.


CONCLUSIONS
The authors highlight important diagnostic features, pathogenesis, and outcome of SNUC. The unique features of the only intracranial involvement are also discussed.
Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute Of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 26014, India. rajkumar@sgpgi.ac.in
Raj
R
Kumar
Anil
A
Chandra
Archana
A
Rastogi
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