We report a case of a 49-year-old man who developed solitary rib metastasis of nasopharyngeal cancer. Patient had been treated for primary carcinoma with radiation therapy and concomitant chemotherapy. The bone metastasis presented as bulky, solid, painful mass in the posterior arch of 10th rib, within nine months the end of treatment. Biopsy of the solitary lesion presented the same histological characteristics as those of primary lesion. Although there are reported in literature series of nasopharyngeal cancer metastasizing to bone, we did not find previously published report of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasizing only to a rib.
Solitary rib metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma / DE FELICE, Francesca; Daniela, Musio; A. L., Magnante; N., Bulzonetti; I., De Francesco; Tombolini, Vincenzo. - In: CHINESE JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1993-0631. - 26:2(2014), pp. 219-221. [10.3978/j.issn.1000-9604.2014.03.02]
Solitary rib metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
DE FELICE, FRANCESCA;TOMBOLINI, Vincenzo
2014
Abstract
We report a case of a 49-year-old man who developed solitary rib metastasis of nasopharyngeal cancer. Patient had been treated for primary carcinoma with radiation therapy and concomitant chemotherapy. The bone metastasis presented as bulky, solid, painful mass in the posterior arch of 10th rib, within nine months the end of treatment. Biopsy of the solitary lesion presented the same histological characteristics as those of primary lesion. Although there are reported in literature series of nasopharyngeal cancer metastasizing to bone, we did not find previously published report of a nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasizing only to a rib.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
