A Case of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in the Maxillary Sinus

Kazuo Sakurai; Toshiko Mamiya; Hisayuki Kato; Katsuhiko Komori; Shouji Saito; Tomoko Horibe; Kenji Takeuchi; Kensei Naito

doi:10.5631/jibirin.96.963

A Case of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in the Maxillary Sinus

Kazuo Sakurai
, Toshiko Mamiya
, Hisayuki Kato
, Katsuhiko Komori
, Shouji Saito
, Tomoko Horibe
, Kenji Takeuchi
, Kensei Naito

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A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the maxillary sinus is reported. The patient was an 88-year-old female who complained of swelling of the left cheek. CT scan showed a low density tumor mass in the left maxillary sinus, and the tumor infiltrated into the hard palate. Histopathological examination revealed a high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Although partial maxillectomy performed, she relapsed with a lesion in the maxillary sinus 6 months after the operation. We performed radiotherapy for a total of 50 Gy, and the relapsed tumor disappeared completely after irradiation. However, she died of bone metastasis 12 months after radiotherapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	963-967
Number of pages	5
Journal	Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
Volume	96
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5631/jibirin.96.963
Publication status	Published - 2003

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