Open AccessNasopharyngeal carcinoma presenting as an inconspicuous primary lesion with extensive cavernous sinus involvement and temporal lobe extension: a case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Pollard Courtney,
Mesko Shane M.,
Ginsberg Lawrence E.,
Kies Merrill S.,
Raza Shaan M.,
Su Shirley Y.,
Tung Sam,
Phan Jack
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1166
Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , temporal lobe , cavernous sinus , pathology , metastasis , disease , orbit (dynamics) , lesion , carcinoma , radiology , radiation therapy , cancer , epilepsy , psychiatry , engineering , aerospace engineering
Key Clinical Message Detection of nodal metastasis in the neck or adjacent structures is common in nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( NPC ) when there is frank primary disease. Intracranial extension without obvious nasopharyngeal disease is not common. Here, we discuss a patient with NPC that presented with extensive intracranial disease with subtle findings in the nasopharynx.