Two Cases of Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma: Confounders, Treatment and Review of the Literature
Journal Title: Journal of Otolaryngology and Rhinology - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcomas (SNTCS) are rare tumors of the anterior skull base that are typically diagnosed in the fifth decade of life, with only 5 reported cases in children. Treatment typically involves surgical resection and radiotherapy. We present two cases of SNTCS, one involving a 70-year-old male and one involving a 16-year-old male, the latter having the first endoscopic-only resection of this skull base tumor. Given that pathologic diagnosis is difficult due to the mixed cell lines on specimens, high clinical suspicion in the male patient when pathologists struggle with obtaining a diagnosis, is key.
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