Yadav Santosh Kumar, Shetty Premalatha
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chitwan Medical College (P) Ltd, P.O. Box 42, Bharatpur-10, Chitwan, Nepal.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Lighthouse Hill Road, Mangalore 575001, India.
Case Rep Dent. 2014;2014:463109. doi: 10.1155/2014/463109. Epub 2014 Feb 3.
Primary small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (SNEC) of the paranasal sinuses is an extremely rare and distinctive tumor with aggressive clinical behavior. Moreover, SNECs originating in the head and neck region have been reported to be highly aggressive and to have a poor prognosis. This report describes a patient with a maxillary sinus SNEC who was successfully treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and concurrent chemoradiotherapy.
鼻窦原发性小细胞神经内分泌癌(SNEC)是一种极为罕见且独特的肿瘤,具有侵袭性的临床行为。此外,据报道,起源于头颈部区域的SNEC具有高度侵袭性且预后较差。本报告描述了一名上颌窦SNEC患者,该患者通过新辅助化疗和同步放化疗成功治愈。