An Extremely Rare Case of Advanced Metastatic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Sinonasal Tract
Joint Authors
Thar, Yu Yu
Patel, Poras
Huang, Tiangui
Guevara, Elizabeth
Source
Case Reports in Oncological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-07-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SNEC) is a rare form of malignancy.
It mainly presents as bronchogenic neoplasm, and the extrapulmonary form accounts for only 0.1% to 0.4% of all cancers.
These extrapulmonary tumors have been described most frequently in the urinary bladder, prostate, esophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, gall bladder, head and neck, cervix, and skin.
Primary SNEC of the sinonasal tract is extremely rare with only less than 100 cases reported in the literature.
Because of extreme rarity and aggressiveness of the tumor, the management for this entity varies considerably mandating multimodality approach.
In this paper, we report a patient presented with left-sided facial swelling, and the histopathologic examination confirmed primary SNEC of left sinonasal tract.
The tumor involved multiple paranasal sinuses with invasion into the left orbit and left infratemporal fossa and metastasized to cervical lymph nodes and bone.
The patient encountered devastating outcome in spite of optimal medical management and treatment with palliative chemotherapy highlighting the necessity for further research of primary SNEC of head and neck.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Thar, Yu Yu& Patel, Poras& Huang, Tiangui& Guevara, Elizabeth. 2016. An Extremely Rare Case of Advanced Metastatic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Sinonasal Tract. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101642
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Thar, Yu Yu…[et al.]. An Extremely Rare Case of Advanced Metastatic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Sinonasal Tract. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101642
American Medical Association (AMA)
Thar, Yu Yu& Patel, Poras& Huang, Tiangui& Guevara, Elizabeth. An Extremely Rare Case of Advanced Metastatic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Sinonasal Tract. Case Reports in Oncological Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101642
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101642