title: Basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of nasopharynx: an extremely rare variety of tumour of nasopharynx.
abstract: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the predominant tumour type arising in the nasopharynx with cervical lymphadenopathy present in 60-90% of all cases at the time of presentation. The most pathological varieties include squamous cell carcinoma well-differentiated keratinising, and moderately differentiated non-keratinising and an undifferentiated type. The rare variety of squamous cell carcinoma is basaloid type, according to the "WHO Classification of Tumours Pathology and Genetics: Head and Neck Tumours". In this study, we present a case of basaloid squamous cell carcinoma of nasopharynx in a 41-year female who presented with epistaxis and bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Chhaya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Krishnangshu Bhanja
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: Siddhartha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Basu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma; D002281:Carcinoma, Basosquamous / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000077274:Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*