Dural metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case report | Zendy

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Dural metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case report

Author(s) -

Mohd Irman Shah Ibrahim,

Aishah Harizah Abdullah Alwi,

Amran Mohamad,

Norhafiza Mat Lazim

Publication year - 2017

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.2017.06.002

Subject(s) - medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , asymptomatic , metastasis , chemoradiotherapy , surgery , radiology , radiation therapy , cancer

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) with dural metastasis is extremely rare, mostly asymptomatic, leaving it to be highly at risk of being overlooked. We report a case of a woman with dural metastasis of NPC almost 1 year post concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) that was detected following a trivial trauma to her head. Owing to its rare occurence, it presents a great challenge for clinicians to make a prompt diagnosis because delayed in the treatment may lead to a fatal outcome

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