Oncocytic carcinoma of the nasal cavity with widespread lymph node metastases.
The first case of oncocytic carcinoma which arose from the inferior turbinate of the nasal cavity with orbital invasion through the nasolacrimal canal and widespread lymph node metastases in the neck and face is reported here. The tumor metastasized rapidly, spread widely to the whole neck and face, and produced tumor emboli in the lymphatics and extranodal extension by rupture of the lymph node capsule in the absence of clinically palpable regional lymph node enlargement. We think the oncocytic carcinoma of the nasal cavity may be a high-grade malignancy tumor.
Abe
Tsugio
T
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minamikoshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8555, Japan. tokiwa202b@yahoo.co.jp
Murakami
Atsushi
A
Nakajima
Noriyuki
N
Inoue
Tsuneo
T
Ohde
Shigenori
S
Miwa
Masato
M
Ueda
Yoshihiko
Y
Kawabata
Kazuyoshi
K
Watanabe
Kensuke
K
D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology*