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Nasopharynggeal carcinoma with spinal secondaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Elango ,
B. A. Kareem ,
S. Chandrasekaran  and
N. Azman
S. Elango*
Affiliation:
Kota Bharu, Malaysia
B. A. Kareem
Affiliation:
Kota Bharu, Malaysia
S. Chandrasekaran
Affiliation:
Kota Bharu, Malaysia
N. Azman
Affiliation:
Kota Bharu, Malaysia
*
Lecturer in Otolaryngology, School of Medical Sciences (USM), 16150 Kota Bharu, Malaysia.
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Abstract

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma hs been reported to have a higher incidence of distant metastases as compared to other head and neck cancers. Distant metastases of nasopharyngeal catcinoma has been reported in the bones, lungs, liver, distant lymph nodes, brain and porta hepatis. This report presents a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with secondaries in the extradural space at the thoracic level of the spinal cord which hitherto has been an unreported site.

Keywords

Nasopharyngeal neoplasms
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 9 , September 1991 , pp. 772 - 773
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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