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Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the frontal sinus
Author(s) -
YOSHIDA Nobuyo,
KANEKURA Takuro,
HASHIGUCHI Takaki,
NAGAYAMA Tetsuya,
HAMADA Hiroshi,
KANZAKI Tamotsu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00195.x
Subject(s) - medicine , frontal sinus , forehead , magnetic resonance imaging , nedaplatin , ethmoid sinus , craniotomy , basal cell , frontal bone , radiation therapy , sinus (botany) , radiology , chemotherapy , surgery , pathology , skull , botany , biology , cisplatin , genus
We report a 74‐year‐old Japanese man with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) originating in the frontal sinus. It presented as a cutaneous nodule on his right forehead. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed invasion of the anterior wall of the ethmoid sinus, the frontal bone, and possibly the meninx by a frontal sinus carcinoma. Despite right fronto craniotomy with en bloc resection followed by two courses of radiation therapy and chemotherapy with 5‐fluorouracil and nedaplatin or TS‐1 he died of disease‐related causes 20 months later. Herein, we present a detailed description of this patient and a review of the published work.