CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
Female patient presenting with left-sided impaired hearing. The ear microscopic examination revealed an effusion in the left middle ear.
The mirror examination revealed an ulcerated
area on the left side of the nasopharynx.


FINDINGS:
The post-contrast T1-weighted coronal image (left picture) reveals a relatively well defined hyperdense mass in the nasopharynx that exceed the middle line. The post-contrast T1-weighted sagittal images also demonstrate this hyperdense mass without signs of invasion of the skull base.


DIAGNOSIS:
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma


DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS:
Lymphoma or other malignant nasopharyngeal tumor.


Web resources:

1) Amersham Health
3) Roche Lexikon Medizin
3) Medicine Worldwide
4) Pathologie Online


 




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