Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  2002 Sep;45(9):918-920.

A Case of Inflammatory Fibrosarcoma in the Maxillary Sinus

• Lee HM
• Jung MH
• Kim JM
• Lee SH

Abstract

Inflammatory fibrosarcoma is an uncommon disease that results from accumulation of inflammatory cells and relatively high recurrences rate in childhood. It has been reported that it most often occurs in lungs and sometimes in gastrointestinal tract, and head and neck. Head and neck lesion is from nasal cavity and paranasal sinus. Early symptoms are nonspecific and early diagnosis is difficult. Most cases are therefore diagnosed at the late stage. Invasion of inflammatory fibrosarcoma to orbital wall, cribriform plate and skull base is also common. We present a 75-year-old woman with inflammatory fibrosarcoma, which occurred in the right maxillary sinus and nasal cavity.

Keyword

Inflammatory fibrosarcoma; Maxillary sinus

MeSH Terms

Aged
Early Diagnosis
Ethmoid Bone
Female
Fibrosarcoma*
Gastrointestinal Tract
Head
Humans
Lung
Maxillary Sinus*
Nasal Cavity
Neck
Orbit
Recurrence
Skull Base