Small cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx

I. Hung Lin; Chung Feng Hwang; Hsiu Yu Huang; Chih Yen Chien

doi:10.1080/00016480500401027

Small cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx

I. Hung Lin
, Chung Feng Hwang
, Hsiu Yu Huang
, Chih Yen Chien^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Chang Gung University
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

Small cell carcinoma is predominantly found in the lung and only about 5% of small cell carcinoma cases have been noted to be extrapulmonary; these are commonly found in the esophagus, pancreas, skin, uterus, and breast. A head and neck origin for small cell carcinoma is extremely rare. Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary small cell carcinomas usually have a good response to chemotherapy initially, but a poor prognosis finally. We report here a case of small cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx. The patient underwent chemotherapy and irradiation for the disease, but died of lung metastasis 38 months later.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	206-208
Number of pages	3
Journal	Acta Oto-Laryngologica
Volume	127
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00016480500401027
State	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Nasopharynx neoplasm
Small cell carcinoma

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Small cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx

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