An Extraosseous Plasmacytoma of the Nasopharynx

A 75-year-old long-term male smoker and poorly controlled hypertensive presented with a 3-month history of intermittent epistaxis refractory to cauterisation with silver nitrate. Nasopharyngeal examination revealed a mass in the post nasal space. An urgent endoscopic biopsy confirmed an extraosseous...

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Autores principales: Natt, Ravinder Singh, O’Sullivan, Gerry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2009
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3318855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22505979
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr2009.05.1240
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description A 75-year-old long-term male smoker and poorly controlled hypertensive presented with a 3-month history of intermittent epistaxis refractory to cauterisation with silver nitrate. Nasopharyngeal examination revealed a mass in the post nasal space. An urgent endoscopic biopsy confirmed an extraosseous plasmacytoma. Post operative radiotherapy was scheduled. No evidence of recurrence of disease following completion of treatment has been detected during clinical surveillance. KEYWORDS: Epistaxis; Nasopharynx; Biopsy; Plasmacytoma; Radiotherapy
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spelling pubmed-33188552012-04-13 An Extraosseous Plasmacytoma of the Nasopharynx Natt, Ravinder Singh O’Sullivan, Gerry J Clin Med Res Short Communication A 75-year-old long-term male smoker and poorly controlled hypertensive presented with a 3-month history of intermittent epistaxis refractory to cauterisation with silver nitrate. Nasopharyngeal examination revealed a mass in the post nasal space. An urgent endoscopic biopsy confirmed an extraosseous plasmacytoma. Post operative radiotherapy was scheduled. No evidence of recurrence of disease following completion of treatment has been detected during clinical surveillance. KEYWORDS: Epistaxis; Nasopharynx; Biopsy; Plasmacytoma; Radiotherapy Elmer Press 2009-06 2009-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3318855/ /pubmed/22505979 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr2009.05.1240 Text en Copyright 2009, Natt et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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