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

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 procedu...

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Autores principales: Yang, Jing, Xia, Wei-Xiong, Xiang, Yan-Qun, Lv, Xing, Ke, Liang-Ru, Yu, Ya-Hui, Guo, Xiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26728009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40880-015-0074-y
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Sumario: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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