1998 Volume 91 Issue 11 Pages 1143-1147
Carcinosarcomas of the nose and the paranasal sinus are moderately rare. We experienced the rare case of a 30-year-old man with left photopsia. CT and MRI findings showed a large tumorous lesion occupying his right nasal cavity and ethomoidal sinus, which had invaded the anterior cranial fossa.
Microscopic examination of the biopsy specimen from his nasal cavity revealed a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Chemo-and radiotherapy were performed on the nasal and sinus carcinoma, however, the patient died 9 months later.
A final pathological examination of the specimen after death showed a carcinosarcoma, which was comprised of both a squamous cell carcinoma and a rhabdomyosarcoma.
The sixteen cases of carcinosarcoma of the nose and the paranasal sinus reported in Japan, including our case, were reviewed in this paper
