title: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea metastatic to the nasal cavity: a case report.
abstract: Cases of carcinoma metastatic to the nasal cavity are rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with a metastasis to the nasal cavity from a primary tracheal adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). The nasal tumor was treated with surgical resection. No evidence of any local recurrence was observed at 4 years of follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, no case of a tracheal ACC metastatic to the nasal cavity has been previously reported in the literature. Although rare, metastatic disease to the nasal cavity should be considered in patients who have a known primary carcinoma elsewhere and who present with nasal symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Ave at 16th St, New York, NY 10003, USA. akhorsan@chpnet.org
authors.forename: Azita S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Khorsandi
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Silberzweig
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Wenig
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Urken
authors.forename: Roy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Holliday
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery