Clinical symptoms of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Clinical symptoms of Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Clinical symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be divided into 4 groups, namely,

Nasopharyngeal symptoms, symptoms may include bleeding through the nose is mild to severe, or blockage of the nasal

Symptoms of Ear, these are the early symptoms that arise due to the origin of the tumor close to the mouth of the eustachian tube, thus enlarging a little on the tumor will cause the blockage of these channels and cause symptoms such as ear, ear pain, ringing in the ears, discomfort.

Eye symptoms, tumor growth may cause interference with the nerves in the brain one of which was the complaint of double vision in the eye.

Symptoms in the neck, Metastasis, the symptoms can be seen in several late-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma of enlargement or lump in the neck.

For additional investigation, since the CT-scan was found very helpful in the diagnosis of tumors in the head and neck so that the primary tumor located in the back and hidden to be found. Other tests such as serological IgA anti-EA and IgA anti-VCA in Indonesia has shown progress in detecting carcinoma.

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma For a definite diagnosis is established by doing nasopharyngeal biopsy. A biopsy may be done in two ways: from the nose and mouth. 3 most common form of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is squamous cell carcinoma, and squamous carcinoma berkeratinisasi not undifferentiated.