Open AccessSynchronous p16 + nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report and review
Author(s) -
Ali Muhammad,
Kua Hock,
Giddings Charles,
Day Daphne,
McDowell Lachlan
Publication year - 2021
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/ccr3.3765
Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , basal cell , radiation therapy , lesion , head and neck , cisplatin , tongue , radiology , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , head and neck cancer , pathology , chemotherapy , surgery
We report a case of synchronous p16+ SCC involving both the nasopharynx and base of tongue treated with definitive chemo‐radiotherapy with concurrent high dose cisplatin. The nasopharyngeal lesion was detected incidentally on PET/CT imaging. Head and neck clinicians treating p16+ SCC should consider the possibility of synchronous lesions, including lesions which may be located in the lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx.