An Unusual Cause of Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy-A Case Report Swain Santosh Kumar1,*, Samal Smrutipragnya2, Sahu Mahesh Chandra3, Debta Priyanka4 1Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan University(Deemed to be), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 2Research Scholar, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan University(Deemed to be), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 3Assistant Professor, Medical Research Laboratory IMS and SUM hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan University(Deemed to be), K8, Kalinganagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 4Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, I.D.S., Siksha “O” Anusandhan, Deemed to be university, BBSR, Odisha, India *Corresponding Author: Santosh Kumar Swain, Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, IMS & SUM Hospital, Kalinga Nagar, Bhubaneswar-3, Odisha, India. Phone: +91-9556524887. Email: santoshvoltaire@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Chondrosarcoma is rare and potentially lethal neoplasm and it is even more rare in the head and neck region. It is an extremely rare clinical entity at sinonasal tract. The diagnosis of this neoplasm is based on the histopathological study showing malignant chondroid tissue proliferation. The prognostic factors for chondrosarcomas are grade of malignancy and histological surgical margins. The primary treatment of this tumor is radical surgery with wide safe margin. The other adjuvant treatment like radiation and/or chemotherapy remain uncertain. Here we present a case of chondrosarcoma of 48 year old man presented with nasofacial region mass for one year. The biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of myxoid chondrosarcoma. Clinicians should be aware of this lesion in the differential diagnosis of maxillofacial mass which prevent delayed treatment. Top Keywords Chondrosarcoma, sinonasal region, maxillofacial area, wide surgical excision. Top |