Report of a unique case of myoepithelial carcinoma of left parotid gland with metachronous bilateral cavernous sinus metastasis

Publication date: June 2018

Source: Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, Volume 30, Issue 2

Author(s): Rambha Pandey, Rituparna Biswas, Mukurdipi Ray, Prashant P. Ramteke, Ekta Dhamija, Anirban Halder

Abstract

Myoepithelial carcinoma (MC) is a rare, locally aggressive malignant neoplasm of the salivary glands. Only few evidences on its metastatic behavior are available in the literature. We herein present a unique case of MC of left parotid gland which metastasized to bilateral cavernous sinuses. The patient was successfully treated with palliative radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

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