A Patient with Rare Heterogenic Histopathological Presentation and Atypical Sites of Metastases in Oropharyngeal/Hard Palate Cancer: A Case Report
Journal Title: Clinical Medical Reviews and Case Reports - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 8
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A case of a 45-year-old Caucasian female oropharyngeal cancer patient, who developed rare metastases to the skin and pleura, is presented. The tumour was characterised by four different histological types of cancer (mucoepidermoid carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, undifferentiated carcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma). The patient was first diagnosed with locoregionally advanced mucoepidermoid carcinoma (T3N0M0). She was primarily treated with radical surgery. Histopathological report identified the positive margin of resected fragment as squamous cell carcinoma. Subsequent chemoradiation to the tumour bed and regional lymph nodes was administered and locoregional control was achieved.
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