Thoracic wall metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a teenage boy: a case report
We report an extremely rare case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a 14-year old boy presenting with neck and chest wall metastasis. Radiological and histological examinations established the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with non-keratinizing undifferentiated, WHO Type III form. He received...
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/53314/1/article%20in%20press.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/53314/7/53314_Thoracic%20wall%20metastases%20from%20nasopharyngeal%20carcinoma%20in%20a%20teenage%20boy_scopus.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/53314/ http://www.journals.elsevier.com/egyptian-journal-of-ear-nose-throat-and-allied-sciences http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejenta.2016.10.008 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
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| Summary: | We report an extremely rare case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a 14-year old boy presenting with neck
and chest wall metastasis. Radiological and histological examinations established the diagnosis of
nasopharyngeal carcinoma with non-keratinizing undifferentiated, WHO Type III form. He received 3
courses of chemotherapy followed by 35 cycles of radiotherapy. The primary site and the neck and chest
wall metastases responded well with treatment. At 3 years follow up, the patient is still in a symptomfree
and relapse-free state. Despite presenting late, juvenile onset WHO type 3 NPC showed a good
response to chemoradiotherapy in our teenage patient. |
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