A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus
Malignant melanoma of the sphenoid sinus is a very rare disease, and only 6 cases have previously been reported. The present case involved a 74-year-old woman who was examined for visual disturbance of the left eye. Computed tomography revealed a soft tissue shadow, but only mucosal hypertrophy was...
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pubmed-36860652013-07-16 A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus Tsukahara, Kiyoaki Nakamura, Kazuhiro Motohashi, Ray Endo, Minoru Sato, Hiroki Case Report Malignant melanoma of the sphenoid sinus is a very rare disease, and only 6 cases have previously been reported. The present case involved a 74-year-old woman who was examined for visual disturbance of the left eye. Computed tomography revealed a soft tissue shadow, but only mucosal hypertrophy was found on opening the sphenoid sinus under general anesthesia. One month postoperatively, visual disturbance of the right eye and paresis of cranial nerve III appeared. Malignant melanoma was diagnosed from biopsy. Multiple bone metastases were identified, but the patient declined active treatment. As a result, palliative care was provided and she died 3 months later. When there is no improvement in postoperative visual acuity as in this case, in consideration of the possibility of neoplastic lesions, rigorous followup including monitoring for neurological symptoms is warranted. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3686065/ /pubmed/23862087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613472 Text en Copyright © 2013 Kiyoaki Tsukahara et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Tsukahara, Kiyoaki Nakamura, Kazuhiro Motohashi, Ray Endo, Minoru Sato, Hiroki |
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A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus |
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A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus |
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A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus |
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A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus |
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A Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus |
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case report of malignant melanoma of the sphenoid sinus |
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Malignant melanoma of the sphenoid sinus is a very rare disease, and only 6 cases have previously been reported. The present case involved a 74-year-old woman who was examined for visual disturbance of the left eye. Computed tomography revealed a soft tissue shadow, but only mucosal hypertrophy was found on opening the sphenoid sinus under general anesthesia. One month postoperatively, visual disturbance of the right eye and paresis of cranial nerve III appeared. Malignant melanoma was diagnosed from biopsy. Multiple bone metastases were identified, but the patient declined active treatment. As a result, palliative care was provided and she died 3 months later. When there is no improvement in postoperative visual acuity as in this case, in consideration of the possibility of neoplastic lesions, rigorous followup including monitoring for neurological symptoms is warranted. |
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