Endoscopic finding of leiomyosarcoma in a neurofibromatosis patient

Sola Han; Jong Seung Kim; Myung-Ja Chung

doi:10.1177/01455613221127488

Endoscopic finding of leiomyosarcoma in a neurofibromatosis patient

Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 Sep 22:1455613221127488. doi: 10.1177/01455613221127488. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Sola Han¹, Jong Seung Kim^{1

2

3}, Myung-Ja Chung^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
² Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
³ Department of Medical Informatics, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.

PMID: 36134445
DOI: 10.1177/01455613221127488

Abstract

A man with a history of neurofibromatosis presented to our hospital with a soft palate mass. Since the patient had neurofibromatosis, we diagnosed the mass as a neurofibroma and planned annual regular follow-up without any treatment. Five months later, the patient visited our emergency department because of uncontrolled epistaxis, and the mass was enlarged to the extent of the airway obstruction. Endoscopic resection was performed and the tumor was confirmed to be a leiomyosarcoma. The malignant potential of the new lesion in a neurofibromatosis patient should be actively evaluated and treated, if required.

Keywords: leiomyosarcoma; nasopharynx; neurofibroma; neurofibromatosis; soft palate.