Occipital lymph node metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a special case report and literature review

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 35 Số 1 - Trang 1-8 - 2016
Yang, Jing1, Xia, Wei-Xiong1, Xiang, Yan-Qun1, Lv, Xing1, Ke, Liang-Ru1, Yu, Ya-Hui1, Guo, Xiang1
1Department of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, P.R. China

Tóm tắt

Cervical lymph node metastasis is common in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but occipital lymph node metastasis in NPC patients has not yet been reported. In this case report, we describe an NPC patient with occipital lymph node metastasis. The clinical presentation, diagnostic procedure, treatment, and outcome of this case were presented, with a review of the related literature.

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