Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with exophthalmos: A case report

Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant tumor involving the salivary glands, rarely developing in the nasopharynx. It is a slowly evolving entity with strong local aggressiveness and a high tendency to recurrence. We report the case of 23-year-old patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nasopha...

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Autores principales: Sninate, S., Allioui, S., Tbouda, M., Jerguigue, H., Latib, R., Omor, Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7897933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.02.011
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author Sninate, S.
Allioui, S.
Tbouda, M.
Jerguigue, H.
Latib, R.
Omor, Y.
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description Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant tumor involving the salivary glands, rarely developing in the nasopharynx. It is a slowly evolving entity with strong local aggressiveness and a high tendency to recurrence. We report the case of 23-year-old patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nasopharynx presenting with exophthalmos in which radiation therapy is the sole therapeutic option.
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spelling pubmed-78979332021-03-03 Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with exophthalmos: A case report Sninate, S. Allioui, S. Tbouda, M. Jerguigue, H. Latib, R. Omor, Y. Radiol Case Rep Case Report Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a malignant tumor involving the salivary glands, rarely developing in the nasopharynx. It is a slowly evolving entity with strong local aggressiveness and a high tendency to recurrence. We report the case of 23-year-old patient with adenoid cystic carcinoma of the nasopharynx presenting with exophthalmos in which radiation therapy is the sole therapeutic option. Elsevier 2021-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7897933/ /pubmed/33664920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.02.011 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with exophthalmos: A case report
title Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with exophthalmos: A case report
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title_full_unstemmed Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with exophthalmos: A case report
title_short Nasopharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma presenting with exophthalmos: A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7897933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.02.011
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