A rare case of nasopharyngeal carcinosarcoma.
Nasopharnygeal carcinoma is known to be the commonest tumour of the nasopharynx. However, the incidence of nasopharngeal carcinosarcoma is extremely rare. Carcinosarcoma has been reported to be aggressive in nature and therefore early diagnosis and prompt treatment is important. We report a young lady who was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinosarcoma in our centre. She presented with only 2 weeks history of nose block and was noted to have a mass occupying the nasopharynx with neck metastasis. She underwent panendoscope and biopsy with radical radiotherapy.
Department of Otorhinolarngology, Hospital Pulau Pinang, Jalan Residensi, 10990 Penang, Malaysia.
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Lim
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Zahirrudin
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Pua
D000328:Adult; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy