Open AccessReport of a unique case of myoepithelial carcinoma of left parotid gland with metachronous bilateral cavernous sinus metastasis
Author(s) -
Rambha Pandey,
Rituparna Biswas,
M. D. Ray,
Prashant Ramteke,
Ekta Dhamija,
Anirban Halder
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2018.02.002
Subject(s) - medicine , parotid gland , myoepithelial cell , cavernous sinus , distant metastasis , metastasis , sinus (botany) , neoplasm , salivary gland , radiation therapy , pathology , radiology , immunohistochemistry , cancer , botany , biology , genus
Myoepithelial carcinoma (MC) is a rare, locally aggressive malignant neoplasm of the salivary glands. Only few evidences on its metastatic behavior are available in the literature. We herein present a unique case of MC of left parotid gland which metastasized to bilateral cavernous sinuses. The patient was successfully treated with palliative radiotherapy and chemotherapy.