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MALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE NASOPHARYNX PRESENTING AS PAIN IN THE HEAD AND NECK
Author(s) -
Misbach J.,
Lance J. W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130326.x
Subject(s) - head and neck , medicine , nasopharyngeal carcinoma , disease , head (geology) , facial pain , radiology , surgery , pathology , radiation therapy , biology , paleontology
Two patients with an unusual pattern of pain in the head and face, who presented a diagnostic problem for one and four years respectively, subsequently proved to have a carcinoma of nasopharyngeal origin. The neurological complications of this condition are described.