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Flashcards in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Deck (19)
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1
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What is the m/c initial symptom of NP CA?

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Neck mass (often painless)

2
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What is the 2nd m/c presenting symptom of NP CA?

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Serous otitis media from ET obstruction

3
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What is the m/c CN palsy a/w NP CA?

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CN 6 palsy

4
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What is the infectious disease a/w NP CA?

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EBV

5
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EBV serology tests

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  • EA (Early Intracellular Antigen): early antigen
  • VCA (Viral Capsule Antigen): late antigen, most specific immunologic finding in NP CA
  • Low titers of IgA EA and IgA VCA is a poor prognostic sign
6
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Anatomical boundaries of the nasopharynx

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  • Ant: Choanae
  • Sup: base of the skull (body of the sphenoid)
  • Inf: plane of the soft palate
  • Lat: ET orifices
  • Post: Superior constrictor muscles
7
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What is the m/c site of tumor in the nasopharynx?

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Fossa of Rosenmuller

8
Q

What is Passavant’s Ridge

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Interdigitating superior constrictor muscles that form a band at the posterior pharyngeal wall during swallowing that abuts the soft palate

9
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What are the subsites of NP CA

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  • Posterior NP wall
  • Lateral NP wall
  • Soft palate
10
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T1 NP CA

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Confined to NP or extends to OP or nasal cavity (w/o parapharyngeal extension)

11
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T2 NP CA

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Parapharyngeal extension

12
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T3 NP CA

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Invades bony structures of the skull base or paranasal sinuses

13
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T4 NP CA

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Invades intracranially or cranial nerves, hypopharynx, orbit, or extends to infratemporal fossa/masticator space

14
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WHO Classification

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World Health Organization classification based on histopathology

15
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WHO Type I

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Keratinizing SCCa

  • 2nd m/c subtype
  • Squamous differentiation
  • Not a/w EBV
  • Worse prognosis
  • Less sensitive to RT
16
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WHO Type II

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Nonkeratinizing SCCa

  • No squamous differentiation
  • A/w EBV
  • Better prognosis
  • Sensitive to RT
17
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WHO Type III

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Undifferentiated

  • Includes lymphoepithelioma, anaplastic, and clear cell variants
  • M/c subtype
  • Indistinct cell margins
  • May have lymphocytic stroma (lymphoepithelioma)
  • A/w EBV
  • Better prognosis
  • Sensitive to RT
18
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MAN of Stage I and II NP CA

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RT to primary site and b/l necks

19
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MAN of Stage III and IV NP CA

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Chemo/RT then adjuvant chemo