title: Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma.
abstract: Nasopharyngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma is a rare entity, for which surgical resection is the treatment of choice. The open technique is considered the standard approach, but this often results in significant morbidities such as trismus, dysphagia, and neurologic deficits. The advent of endoscopic endonasal techniques has made endoscopic resection a viable alternative to the open approach in terms of access, adequacy of resection, and lesser surgical morbidity. The authors describe a patient of recurrent nasopharyngeal mucoepidermoid carcinoma that was resected entirely endoscopically. The authors also present a literature review of this little-known disease and a comparison between the endoscopic and open approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Xinni
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Siew Shuen
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Yew Kwang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Ong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose