Nasopharyngeal Cancer (NPC)

A cancer which involves the nasopharynx (hind-part) of the nose is called nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Usually originates at the fossa of Rosenmüller (FOR) area which is a cleft just behind the prominence of tubal opening. We classify the NPC further into well, moderately, and poorly-differentiated type which depends on the degree of differentiation on histopathological examination (WHO classification). The most common symptoms are: epistaxis (nose bleed) or blood-stained saliva, hearing loss (usually one side- conductive type), nose block, and neck lump (lymph node spread). In this video we can see a cancer which involves the nasopharynx with the evidence of recent bleeding. To have a confirmation the biopsy was taken. [yellow arrow- tumour, curve green arrow- right eustachian tube opening, red arrow- ulcerated tumour with bleeding, S- nasal septum, IT- tail of inferior turbinate, R- roof of nasopharynx]