Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma arising in the nasal cavity.
This study documents a case of an epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma (EMC) in the left nasal cavity. A 70-year-old woman who presented with recurrent epistaxis of the left nasal nostril of 3 months duration was found to have a polypoid tumor in the left nasal cavity. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a tumor to occupy the left inferior and middle nasal cavity which had destroyed the inferior nasal turbinate, and a horizontal scan showed the tumor to occupy the middle and posterior nasal cavity. Since the tumor was connected to the lateral wall of the left nasal cavity with a narrow stalk, the tumor was excised by peeling the mucosa from the wall of the left nasal cavity. Based on the histological and immunohistochemical findings, the tumor was diagnosed to be an EMC. The follow-up at 12 months after the operation showed no evidence of recurrence.
Department of Pathology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 1-1 Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.
Koji
K
Yamanegi
Nobuhiro
N
Uwa
Mitsuyoshi
M
Hirokawa
Hideki
H
Ohyama
Masaki
M
Hata
Naoko
N
Yamada
Koichi
K
Ogino
Kunichika
K
Toh
Tomonori
T
Terada
Akio
A
Tanaka
Masafumi
M
Sakagami
Nobuyuki
N
Terada
Keiji
K
Nakasho
D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009208:Myoepithelioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor