Open AccessNasopharyngeal carcinoma with metastases to colon
Author(s) -
Yatiee Swany Lahuri,
Irfan Mohamad,
Hasmah Hashim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
egyptian journal of ear nose throat and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2090-3405
pISSN - 2090-0740
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejenta.2015.01.004
Subject(s) - medicine , ascending colon , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , colonoscopy , nose , carcinoma , radiation therapy , lung , chemotherapy , colorectal cancer , surgery , radiology , cancer
quamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the nasopharynx is amongst the most common head and neck cancers. The most common distant metastases are to the bone, liver and lung. Herein, we are reporting a rare case of a 61-year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) who presented with 3weeks history of blood streaked sputum, post nasal drip and blocked nose with no history of epistaxis, tinnitus and unilateral hearing loss. Almost 2years upon completion of his concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he developed a right hypochondrium mass and underwent colonoscopy which revealed a mass in ascending colon and which was then subsequently resected via right hemicolectomy. Histological analyses from the resected specimen confirmed its nasopharyngeal origin