UNUSUAL CASE OF SECONDARIES NECK WITH UNKNOWN PRIMARY

Dr. Siddharth Mahender; Dr. Atreya Mukund Subramanian; Prof. Ravishankar Sundaram

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

UNUSUAL CASE OF SECONDARIES NECK WITH UNKNOWN PRIMARY

Dr. Siddharth Mahender, Dr. Atreya Mukund Subramanian, Prof. Ravishankar Sundaram

Abstract :

This is a case of an 18yr old presenting as secondaries neck with an unkown primary, its workup, treatment and response. The primary in this case could not be found with extensive clinical, radiological and endoscopic work up, and diagnosis was made with correlation of the Immuno–histochemistry obtained from the lymph node biopsied, as a case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The case is considered rare, as the presentation was only a discrete neck swelling with no other features or symptoms and the age of presentation makes the diagnosis all the more difficult. Also the prevalence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in south India being uncommon, made the presentation remarkable.