Malignant oncocytoma of the nasal cavity: A case report

Malignant oncocytoma is a rare clinical entity and is most commonly seen in the salivary glands. Its occurrence in the nasal cavity is extremely rare, and only 4 such cases have been reported in the literature. The authors re port one such case in a 60-year-old woman, which presented as a slow-growin g nasal mass arising from the nasal septum, with no lymph node metastasis, which was successfully managed by a combined modality of treatment-surgery followed by radiation therapy. The relevant literature has been reviewed. T he case is discussed as a possible differential diagnosis for a mass in the nose. (Am J Otolaryngol 1999;20:323-327. Copyright (C) 1999 by W.B. Saunde rs Company).