Research advances on nasopharyngeal carcinoma invaded with paranasal sinus
10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2015.06.021
- VernacularTitle:鼻咽癌侵犯鼻窦的研究进展
- Author:
Shuzhen LI
;
Yunli YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma;
Paranasal sinus;
Diagnosis;
Treatment;
Prognosis
- From:
Practical Oncology Journal
2015;(6):573-576
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma ( NPC) invaded with paranasal sinus as death is associated with disease and independent prognostic factors for local recurrence .Its symptoms are various and atyp-ical,and often causes misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis .Local recurrence and distant metastasis are the main cause of treatment fails .Currently , there are few literature about NPC intruding paranasal sinus .Its occurrence rate,clinical manifestation,imageological change,intruding pathways,diagnosis,treatment and prognosis are sum-marized in this paper .
