Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Following Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Report of an Unusual Case

INTRODUCTION: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare malignancy in children. Nasal obstruction, otitis media with effusion, pain in the ear, hearing problems, and unusual neck mass are among the signs and symptoms of this malignancy. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with NPC w...

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Autores principales: Farhangi, Hamid, Silanian Toosi, Mahdi, Alamdaran, Seied Ali, Bagheri, Sepideh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955677
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author Farhangi, Hamid
Silanian Toosi, Mahdi
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Bagheri, Sepideh
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description INTRODUCTION: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare malignancy in children. Nasal obstruction, otitis media with effusion, pain in the ear, hearing problems, and unusual neck mass are among the signs and symptoms of this malignancy. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with NPC who later developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) through the course of her disease. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ALL following childhood nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the English-language literature. CONCLUSION: Reports of secondary malignancies at the site of radiotherapy for NPC exist, but this is the first report of ALL following NPC.
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spelling pubmed-56103782017-09-27 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Following Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Report of an Unusual Case Farhangi, Hamid Silanian Toosi, Mahdi Alamdaran, Seied Ali Bagheri, Sepideh Iran J Otorhinolaryngol Case Report INTRODUCTION: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare malignancy in children. Nasal obstruction, otitis media with effusion, pain in the ear, hearing problems, and unusual neck mass are among the signs and symptoms of this malignancy. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with NPC who later developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) through the course of her disease. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ALL following childhood nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the English-language literature. CONCLUSION: Reports of secondary malignancies at the site of radiotherapy for NPC exist, but this is the first report of ALL following NPC. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5610378/ /pubmed/28955677 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Following Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Report of an Unusual Case
title_sort acute lymphoblastic leukemia following nasopharyngeal carcinoma: report of an unusual case
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