Open AccessSYMPTOMICS OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER GROWING INTO THE SKULL CAVITY
Author(s) -
R. L. Gizatullina
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj83437
Subject(s) - skull , nasopharyngeal cancer , cranial cavity , medicine , nasal cavity , anatomy , cancer , radiology , radiation therapy , nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Malignant neoplasms emanating from the nasopharynx, often destroying the bones of the base of the skull, grow into its cavity. At the same time, they proceed as basilar tumors, involving the cranial nerves in the process and sometimes differing in the richness of local focal and cerebral hypertensive-hydrocephalic symptoms that deserve study.