Oncocytic adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal sac: report of a case with paranasal sinus and orbital extension

Ophthalmic Surg. 1995 Jul-Aug;26(4):377-9.

Abstract

A 92-year-old man has had multiple recurrent oncocytic tumors involving the right paranasal sinuses and orbit. A benign oncocytoma that arose from the right lacrimal sac was initially diagnosed at age 80 years. The tumor recurred at 3 and 7 years after initial resection. There was greater histologic atypia in the first recurrent tumor, which extended into the right paranasal sinuses. The second recurrence had zones on oncocytic adenocarcinoma exhibiting prominent nuclear atypia and mitotic activity; this tumor massively invaded the right paranasal sinuses and orbit. We describe the clinical and pathologic features of this rare case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adenocarcinoma / therapy
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Humans
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / pathology*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / therapy
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed