High-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus

Malignant tumors of the paranasal sinus are uncommon, constituting less than 1% of all malignancies and 3% of all head and neck cancers. Nonsquamous cancers of the maxillary sinus are even rarer as is evident from the limited data available on the clinical characteristics and outcomes. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma accounts for 13% of all malignancies occurring in maxillary sinus. We report a rare case of high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of maxillary sinus in a 45-year-old female along with review of the literature.

[1]  L. Kowalski,et al.  Adenoid cystic carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxillary sinus: report of a 44-year experience of 25 cases from a single institution. , 2006, Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

[2]  N. Bhattacharyya.  Survival and staging characteristics for non-squamous cell malignancies of the maxillary sinus. , 2003, Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery.

[3]  T. Calcaterra,et al.  Nasal and paranasal sinus carcinoma: Are we making progress? , 2001, Cancer.

[4]  J. D. Osguthorpe,et al.  Frontal sinus malignancies. , 2001, Otolaryngologic clinics of North America.

[5]  A. Huvos,et al.  Central salivary gland tumors of the maxilla and mandible: a clinicopathologic study of 11 cases with an analysis of the literature. , 1992, Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

[6]  J. Johnson,et al.  Paranasal sinus carcinoma--diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. , 1992, Oncology.

[7]  S. Medendorp,et al.  Nonsquamous Cell Malignancies of the Paranasal Sinuses , 1990, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[8]  W. Payne.  Histological Typing of Salivary Gland Tumours , 1973 .