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NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRANIAL NERVE LESIONS FOUND IN 185 CASES
Author(s) -
Lawley Margery
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1956.tb05126.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cranial nerves , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , abducens nerve , trigeminal nerve , lesion , cervical nerve , carcinoma , anatomy , surgery , nerve root , pathology , palsy , radiation therapy , alternative medicine
Summary Forty‐eight per cent. of 185 cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma seen over an eight‐year period exhibited evidence of cranial nerve damage. The abducens nerve and trigeminal nerve were the most frequently involved. The lesions fell into two main groups: (a) where one or more of the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth nerves were involved, and (b)where there was a lesion of one or more of the last four cranial nerves and of the cervical sympathetic chain. The early onset of cranial nerve lesions and the consequent need for speedy diagnosis is emphasized.