Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Nasal Cavity in an Adolescent Male - A Rare Presentation.

摘要

Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) is uncommonlyfound outside the major or minor salivary glands and isespecially rare when located in nasal cavity. A casereport of 13 year old boy who presented with mass innasal cavity and epistaxis is presented here.Endoscopic removal of mass was done andhistopathology revealed ACC. ACCs are slow growingtumours with a propensity for frequent localrecurrence and early perineural and haematogenousspread. Early diagnosis requires a high index ofsuspicion for this rare pathology.