title: Complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
abstract: We here report the first case in the literature on a surgical emergency of complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma nine months after the primary tumor was treated with concurrent chemoradiation. The patient achieved prolonged survival with prompt surgical treatment followed by systemic chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Chi Pan
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Edwin Pun
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Anthony Tak-Cheung
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Chan