TY - JOUR
T1 - Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with spinal secondaries
AU - Elango, S.
AU - Kareem, B. A.
AU - Chandrasekaran, S.
AU - Azman, N.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been reported to have a higher incidence of distant metastases as compared to other head and neck cancers. Distant metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been reported in the bones, lungs, liver, distant lymph nodes, brain and porta hepatis. This report presents a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with secondaries in the extradural space at the thoracic level of the spinal cord which hitherto has been an unreported site.
AB - Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been reported to have a higher incidence of distant metastases as compared to other head and neck cancers. Distant metastases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma has been reported in the bones, lungs, liver, distant lymph nodes, brain and porta hepatis. This report presents a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with secondaries in the extradural space at the thoracic level of the spinal cord which hitherto has been an unreported site.
KW - Nasopharyngeal neoplasms
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U2 - 10.1017/s0022215100117281
DO - 10.1017/s0022215100117281
M3 - Article
C2 - 1919352
AN - SCOPUS:0025738362
SN - 0022-2151
VL - 105
SP - 772
EP - 773
JO - Journal of Laryngology and Otology
JF - Journal of Laryngology and Otology
IS - 9
ER -