Biopsy of the nasopharynx as a staging procedure in Hodgkin's disease.
Biopsy of the nasopharynx was perfomred in 45 patients with Hodgkin's disease as part of the pretherapeutic staging. Seven of the 45 (16%) had microscopic abnormalities in the nasopharynx compatible with Hodgkin's disease. Such abnormalities occurred even in the absence of local ENT-symptoms or signs, and they could not be predicted from the microscopic type of lymph node biopsy, stage of disease or general presentation. A generous biopsy of the nasopharynx is recommended to be included in the staging procedures in Hodgkin's disease.
D001706:Biopsy; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*