METASTATIC TESTICULAR TERATOMA OF THE NASAL CAVITY - A RARE CAUSE OF SEVERE INTRACTABLE EPISTAXIS

Malignant neoplasms of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses are unco mmon. Choriocarcinoma is a highly malignant germ cell tumour occurring in the reproductive organs. Metastasis may be principally by the lymp hatic route as in other germ cell tumours but choriocarcinoma is also known to spread haematogenously. We present a rare case of metastatic choriocarcinoma to the nasal cavity from testicular teratoma presentin g with intractable epistaxis in a 32-year-old Caucasian male, who ulti mately succumbed to this disease.