Lukas Hauer1, Jiri Gencur1, Petr Posta1, Zdenek Kasl2, Stepan Rusnak2, Alena Skalova3, Miroslava Chalupova1, Jan Liska1, Vlasta Merglova1. 1. Department of Dentistry, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Alej Svobody 80, 304 60 Pilsen, Czech Republic. 2. Clinic of Ophthalmology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Alej Svobody 80, 304 60 Pilsen, Czech Republic. 3. Sikl's Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University, Ed. Benese 13, 30599, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: An ocular adnexal apocrine adenocarcinoma (OAAA) is an extremely rare, but potentially aggressive and life-threatening tumor with ill-defined management based only on recommendations from a limited number of reported cases. The development of cervical lymphocele following neck dissection is a very rare complication, but one with well established methods for prevention and treatment. Here we describe a previously unreported case of salvage surgery including neck dissection for OAAA in addition to an emergence of cervical lymphocele. A literature review of current knowledge on both pathological conditions is included. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 58-year-old man suffering from OAAA, previously treated with multiple eye-sparing excisions and adjuvant proton therapy, underwent salvage surgery for locoregional recurrence of the tumor. A partial orbitectomy with orbital exenteration, primary reconstruction and left-sided neck dissection was performed. The procedure was complicated by a cervical lymphocele resolved after the surgical therapy. The patient remained disease-free during the one-year follow-up. CONCLUSION: OAAA is a locally aggressive tumor with potential to local or distant metastatic spread. Whole-body staging, regular clinico-radiological follow-up and stage-dependent therapy with surgery as the first-choice treatment is required. A cervical lymphocele as a complication of especially left-sided neck dissection is managed with a conservative or surgical therapy according to the level of lymph leakage, extent and localization of lesions, presence of local or systemic disorders and the period from primary surgery.
BACKGROUND: An ocular adnexal apocrine adenocarcinoma (OAAA) is an extremely rare, but potentially aggressive and life-threatening tumor with ill-defined management based only on recommendations from a limited number of reported cases. The development of cervical lymphocele following neck dissection is a very rare complication, but one with well established methods for prevention and treatment. Here we describe a previously unreported case of salvage surgery including neck dissection for OAAA in addition to an emergence of cervical lymphocele. A literature review of current knowledge on both pathological conditions is included. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 58-year-old man suffering from OAAA, previously treated with multiple eye-sparing excisions and adjuvant proton therapy, underwent salvage surgery for locoregional recurrence of the tumor. A partial orbitectomy with orbital exenteration, primary reconstruction and left-sided neck dissection was performed. The procedure was complicated by a cervical lymphocele resolved after the surgical therapy. The patient remained disease-free during the one-year follow-up. CONCLUSION: OAAA is a locally aggressive tumor with potential to local or distant metastatic spread. Whole-body staging, regular clinico-radiological follow-up and stage-dependent therapy with surgery as the first-choice treatment is required. A cervical lymphocele as a complication of especially left-sided neck dissection is managed with a conservative or surgical therapy according to the level of lymph leakage, extent and localization of lesions, presence of local or systemic disorders and the period from primary surgery.
Authors: Bronwyn E Hamilton; Gary M Nesbit; Neil Gross; Peter Andersen; David Sauer; H Ric Harnsberger Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol Date: 2011-12 Impact factor: 3.959