Effect of tumor growth on Eustachian tube function in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma spreading along the eustachian tube: the imaging appearance.
Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is one of the most common cancers in Taiwan. It can spread anteriorly, laterally, posteriorly, superiorly and inferiorly. Skull base invasion is the common presentation, in up to one-third of cases. We report a rare spreading pathway of NPC, via the eustachian tube. A 44-year-old male suffered from NPC and got radiotherapy about 2 years ago. He suffered from middle e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1884-4545,0032-6313
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.81.85