Pathological Assessment of Nasopharyngeal Malignancy in Adult Saudi Patients with Soft Tissue Mass in the Nasopharynx

Authors

Mazyad Al Enezi, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdullah N. Al Rasheedi, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Saud University, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Khalid Al Qahtani, Medical Director King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Associate Professor and Consultant of Otolaryngology, Consultant of Advance Head & Neck Oncology, Skull Base and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University

Article Type

Article

Abstract

Introduction: Nasopharyngeal malignancy is one of the most frequent head and neck cancers in adults, most often developing as an epithelial carcinoma, and is invariably present by the time cervical lymphadenopathy develops. In this review, we document the frequency, features, risk factors and histopathology of nasopharyngeal malignancy in adult Saudi adults attending the Otolaryngology clinic.

Methods: Clinical history was taken from 100 individuals attending the Otolynryngology clinic. This was followed by an examination, a CT scan and fiber-optic rhinoscopy to assess these patients. When a nasopharyngeal mass was found, it was removed and sent for histopathology and tissue diagnosis.

Results: 24% of the patients tested positive for a nasopharyngeal mass, resulting in a frequency of 1.4 % in individuals with a nasopharyngeal mass with all sufferers being male. Nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, headache/facial pain and enlargement of cervical lymph nodes were most common clinical features

Conclusions: Nasopharyngeal malignancy was reveled in 6% of nasopharyngeal mass sufferers with preponderance for the male gender.

Keywords: nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Saudi Arabia, Nasopharyngeal soft tissue mass

Recommended Citation

Al Enezi M, Al Rasheedi AN, Al Qahtani K, et al. Pathological Assessment of Nasopharyngeal Malignancy in Adult Saudi Patients with Soft Tissue Mass in the Nasopharynx. Pan Arab J. Rhinol. 2015; 5 : -.
Available at: https://pajr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol5/iss2/6