TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent parotid carcinosarcoma in an asymptomatic patient
AU - Mansour, Joshua
AU - Mangaonkar, Abhishek
AU - Kota, Vamsi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Federation for Medical Research.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - In this article, we present the case of a 52-year-old male with a history of parotid carcinosarcoma with initial diagnosis being 18 months prior. Initial treatment included a combination of gamma knife surgery coupled with high dosage chemotherapy and X-ray radiation therapy. At the time of follow-up, the patient presented with no complaints and had a nearly normal physical exam with the exception of some facial nerve weakness on the same side as the initial surgery. Despite being asymptomatic, the patient had a significant progression of disease that was manifested with intracranial lesions, multiple pathologic fractures, and a dramatic increase in overall tumor burden. Ultimately, the patient decided to pursue comfort measures only and succumbed to the disease peacefully soon thereafter. hic.sagepub.com.
AB - In this article, we present the case of a 52-year-old male with a history of parotid carcinosarcoma with initial diagnosis being 18 months prior. Initial treatment included a combination of gamma knife surgery coupled with high dosage chemotherapy and X-ray radiation therapy. At the time of follow-up, the patient presented with no complaints and had a nearly normal physical exam with the exception of some facial nerve weakness on the same side as the initial surgery. Despite being asymptomatic, the patient had a significant progression of disease that was manifested with intracranial lesions, multiple pathologic fractures, and a dramatic increase in overall tumor burden. Ultimately, the patient decided to pursue comfort measures only and succumbed to the disease peacefully soon thereafter. hic.sagepub.com.
KW - Head and neck cancer
KW - Oncology
KW - Radiotherapy
KW - Rare tumor
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U2 - 10.1177/2324709616676590
DO - 10.1177/2324709616676590
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051604668
SN - 2324-7096
VL - 4
JO - Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
JF - Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
IS - 4
ER -