Open AccessSino nasal undifferentiated carcinoma: A rare entity
Author(s) -
Richa Goel,
Karthikeyan Ramalingam,
Pratibha Ramani,
Thiruvengadam Chandrasekar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.95986
Subject(s) - nasal cavity , medicine , maxillary sinus , paranasal sinuses , head and neck , soft tissue , rare disease , pathology , sinus (botany) , nose , disease , anatomy , surgery , biology , botany , genus
Malignant neoplasms of the paranasal sinuses and nasal cavity are rare, comprising only 3% of all head and neck malignancies. This includes both primary sinonasal neoplasms and metastatic disease. We present the case of a patient with a maxillary soft tissue swelling, which proved to be a rare malignant tumor of maxillary sinus origin, a sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma.