[Verrucous carcinoma of the nasal cavity: a case report]

Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho. 2003 Feb;106(2):156-9. doi: 10.3950/jibiinkoka.106.156.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a rare case of verrucous carcinoma occurring in the nasal cavity. A 53-year-old man reporting left-sided nasal obstruction and awareness of a left intranasal lesion--a whitish polypoid lesion--was found in CT to have an expansive lesion of the left nasal cavity and maxillary sinus. The tumor was completely removed by Denker's operation. Verrucous carcinoma is a rare variant of squamous cell carcinoma most commonly seen in the oral cavity. In some cases, conventional squamous cell carcinoma components may be observed focally in verrucous carcinoma, called a hybrid tumor. In our case, the tumor showed typical features of a hybrid tumor. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of hybrid verrucous squamous cell carcinoma originating in the nose in the Japanese literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Verrucous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasal Cavity*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Nose Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Nose Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Nose Neoplasms / surgery