Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the trachea metastatic to the nasal cavity: a case report.
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.
Khorsandi
Azita S
AS
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Ave at 16th St, New York, NY 10003, USA. akhorsan@chpnet.org
Silberzweig
James E
JE
Wenig
Bruce M
BM
Urken
Mark L
ML
Holliday
Roy A
RA
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