Vol.96 No.11 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 96 No.11 November 2003
A Case of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
in the Maxillary Sinus
Kazuo Sakurai, Toshiko Mamiya, Hisayuki Kato, Katsuhiko Komori,
Shouji Saito, Tomoko Horibe, Kenji Takeuchi and Kensei Naito
(Fujita Health University School of Medicine)
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.
Key words : mucoepidermoid carcinoma, maxillary cancer, maxillary sinus