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ReviewJournal of medical case reports2024

Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma clinically and radiologically masquerading as a head and neck paraganglioma: a case report and review of the literature.

Pumudu Weerasekara, Nadeeka Chandrarathne, Geethika Jayaweera, Wasantha Rathnayake, Sunil Perera

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Pumudu WeerasekaraFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, 00800, Sri Lanka. w.pumudu@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7879-9439
Nadeeka ChandrarathneDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, 00800, Sri Lanka.
Geethika JayaweeraDepartment of Pathology, Asiri Central Hospital, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.
Wasantha RathnayakeDepartment of Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Sunil PereraAsiri Central Brain and Spine Neurosurgical Group, Asiri Central Hospital, Colombo, 01000, Sri Lanka.

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Abstract

backgroundThis paper reports the first case of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma clinically and radiologically masquerading as a head and neck paraganglioma. CASE PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old Sinhalese male with unilateral hearing impairment and 7th-12th (excluding 11th) cranial nerve palsies was diagnosed radiologically with a head and neck paraganglioma by magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, which revealed a hypointense and hyperintense punctate mass centered at the jugular fossa with intracranial extension. The ascending pharyngeal artery, recognized as the major feeder, was embolized by percutaneous embolization following digital subtraction angiography. Gross total resection of the tumor was followed by an uneventful postoperative recovery. Combined immunohistochemistry and histopathological morphology revealed a basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, following which the patient completed radiotherapy and is at 3-month follow-up currently.

conclusionThis case report discusses the diagnostic pitfalls and management challenges of this rare entity on the basis of prior evidence, as well as a literature review and clinical and surgical analysis.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellHead and Neck NeoplasmsMagnetic Resonance ImagingParagangliomaAgedAngiography, Digital SubtractionDiagnosis, DifferentialEmbolization, TherapeuticHumansMaleBasaloid squamous cell carcinomaCase reportGlomus jugulareHead and neck paraganglioma

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PMCPMC11165813

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