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Mohammad Nasir, Z., Subha, S. (2019). A rare presentation recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 20(3), 156-158. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.12632.1109
Zuraini Mohammad Nasir; Sethu Thakachy Subha. "A rare presentation recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis". Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 20, 3, 2019, 156-158. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.12632.1109
Mohammad Nasir, Z., Subha, S. (2019). 'A rare presentation recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis', Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 20(3), pp. 156-158. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.12632.1109
Mohammad Nasir, Z., Subha, S. A rare presentation recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 2019; 20(3): 156-158. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.12632.1109

A rare presentation recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma with axillary lymph node metastasis

Article 9, Volume 20, Issue 3, November 2019, Page 156-158  XML PDF (503.38 K)
Document Type: Case report
DOI: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.12632.1109
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Authors
Zuraini Mohammad Nasir email orcid 1; Sethu Thakachy Subha2
1Head and Neck surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Heath Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Heath Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
Abstract
Introduction: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has the highest rate of local and regional cervical lymph node re-currence amongst other head and neck epithelial malignant tumour. Distant recurrence is less common and usually occurs in bone, liver and lung. Recurrent NPC to axillary lymph node is rare.
Case report: A 44-year-old male presented with two-month history of painless right axillary swelling. He was di-agnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) stage IVA (T2N3M0) two years prior to presentation and had underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil and Cisplatin, and concurrent chemo-radiotherapy (CCRT) of total 70 Gy over 35 sessions with Cisplatin. He was on regular monthly surveillance reviews, with no signs of recurrence. Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) of the axillary swelling was reported as metastatic NPC and Positron Emission Tomography/ Com-puted tomography (PET-CT) scan showed foci of high FDG hypermetabolism at right axillary lymph node confirming the diagnosis of recurrent NPC.
Conclusion: Recurrence usually occurs in the first two years after completion of treatment. Patients with an overall TNM stage IV or N3, high pre-treatment or persistently detectable post-treatment plasma EBV DNA (pEBV DNA) load are at greatest risk. Management of recurrent NPC depends on local, regional or distant recurrence. Both PET scan and pEBV DNA load can be used for relapse detection. The man-agement for each recurrent NPC case is unique and should be determined by a multidisciplinary team, local expertise and facilities. Knowledge of potential sites of recurrence is essential to both physicians and patients for early detection.
Keywords
carcinoma; HMGA2; laryngeal; MMP12
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