Recurrent maxillary sinus cancer with only adrenal metastasis

  • Authors:
    • Hye Jung Chang
    • Joon‑Young Hur
    • Kyu Yeoun Won
    • Boksoon Chang
    • Ha Yeon Lee
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  • Published online on: September 20, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2017.1427
  • Pages: 847-850
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Abstract

Maxillary sinus cancer is rare, and often presents as a locally advanced disease. Recurrence commonly occurs locoregionally, while fewer patients present with distant metastasis; the most common sites involved are the lung and bone. This report discusses the case of a 64‑year‑old male who presented with a mass in the left submandibular area. Biopsy was performed and histological analysis identified a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. After staging work up, it was concluded the patient had a maxillary sinus squamous cell carcinoma at clinical stage IVA. The patient received a left partial maxillectomy and left radical neck dissection followed by postoperative chemoradiotherapy. After three months of CRT, the patient developed a left adrenal gland metastasis without locoregional failure. The patient subsequently received a laparoscopic left adrenalectomy and the results of histological analysis revealed a poorly‑differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Within one month of surgery, the patient had developed multiple metastases at the left adrenalectomy site and succumbed to the disease four months later.
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Chang HJ, Hur JY, Won KY, Chang B and Lee HY: Recurrent maxillary sinus cancer with only adrenal metastasis. Mol Clin Oncol 7: 847-850, 2017
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Chang, H.J., Hur, J., Won, K.Y., Chang, B., & Lee, H.Y. (2017). Recurrent maxillary sinus cancer with only adrenal metastasis. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 7, 847-850. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2017.1427
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Chang, H. J., Hur, J., Won, K. Y., Chang, B., Lee, H. Y."Recurrent maxillary sinus cancer with only adrenal metastasis". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 7.5 (2017): 847-850.
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Chang, H. J., Hur, J., Won, K. Y., Chang, B., Lee, H. Y."Recurrent maxillary sinus cancer with only adrenal metastasis". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 7, no. 5 (2017): 847-850. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2017.1427