title: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma with distant metastasis.
abstract: We report a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with Chest Metastasis in a 38-year-old man. The patient presented with nasal obstruction, epistaxis, a huge neck mass and conductive hearing loss in the right ear. Examination under anaesthesia revealed a mass in the nasopharynx, which was confirmed on histology to be squamous carcinoma. He responded remarkably well to external radiotherapy with disappearance of primary tumor and neck metastasis. One year later he presented with thoraco-lumbar spine pain and cough. The nasopharynx and neck remained free of tumor while radiographs demonstrated multiple metastasis to the lungs and vertebrae.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Uniport Teaching Hospital, Port-Harcourt.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Okoye
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nwankwo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011859:Radiography; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*