Sinonasal tubulopapillary low-grade adenocarcinoma. Histopathological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of poorly recognised entity
Abstract
We present the clinicopathological, histological and immunohistochemical findings of six cases of primary tubulopapillary low-grade adenocarcinoma of the sinonasal tract with ultrastructural examination in one case. Due to its unique features, we believe that primary tubulopapillary low-grade adenocarcinoma of the sinonasal tract represents a tumour entity different from any tumours generally recognised in the sinonasal region.
Our cases had an equal sex incidence, with an age range of 44-76 years. The tumour has a tendency to recur, but none of our six patients developed metastases.
We feel that it is important to separate this tumour entity from other types of sinonasal adenocarcinomas that exhibit a papillary growth pattern, as they frequently pursue a much more aggressive clinical course than the tumours in this study.