Very Late Recurrent Maxillary Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma on the Skin Graft Site 16 years after the Treatment.
- Author:
Sang Yeob SEONG
1
;
Dong Woo HYUN
;
Joo Heon YOON
;
Chang Hoon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. entman@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Late recurrence;
Maxillary sinus cancer;
Clonal extension
- MeSH:
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;
Humans;
Maxillary Sinus;
Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms;
Orbit;
Recurrence;
Skin;
Skull Base;
Survival Rate;
Transplants;
Treatment Failure
- From:Journal of Rhinology
2012;19(2):127-130
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Maxillary sinus cancer is anatomically located adjacent to the orbit and the skull base. Local recurrence is by far the most common cause of treatment failure and the long-term survival rates is low. Local recurrence is usually happened within 2 years after initial treatment. Late recurrence is generally defined as a recurrence 5 years after initial treatment. But, late recurrence cases of maxillary sinus cancer is very rare, especially 10 years after treatment. We report a case of late recurrence on the previous skin graft site 16 years after the treatment of maxillary sinus squamous cell carcinoma in a 66-yr-old man. The patient was treated with surgical wide excision and skin graft. No recurrence was developed after one and a half year and we discussed the pathogenesis of this very late recurrent case.
