Irawan Cosphiadi, Cahyanur Rahmat, Yunus Reyhan Eddy
Division of Hematology-Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Case Rep Oncol Med. 2020 Jan 24;2020:2586248. doi: 10.1155/2020/2586248. eCollection 2020.
Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is the most common cancer among head and neck cancer that usually presented with unilateral neck mass. Unusual symptoms of NPC can lead us to diagnosis misleading and delayed definitive treatment. We present a case of NPC with bone metastasis in the shoulder. A 33-year-old female presented with right shoulder mass caused by undifferentiated carcinoma of unknown primary, based on biopsy of shoulder mass. After four months, she was complaining painless neck swelling, headache, and hearing impairment in the left ear. Bone MRI showed malignant bone tumour in the right humerus. Neck CT scan showed mass in the nasopharyngeal and bilateral lymphadenopathy. Biopsy in nasopharyngeal revealed undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal cancer (WHO-3 type A). The patient was diagnosed as NPC stage IVb and thus was treated with palliative chemotherapy. After three cycles of cisplatin docetaxel, patient condition improved.
鼻咽癌(NPC)是头颈癌中最常见的癌症,通常表现为单侧颈部肿块。鼻咽癌的不寻常症状可能导致诊断误导和明确治疗的延迟。我们报告一例肩部骨转移的鼻咽癌病例。一名33岁女性因肩部肿块活检显示为原发灶不明的未分化癌,出现右肩部肿块。四个月后,她诉说无痛性颈部肿胀、头痛和左耳听力减退。骨磁共振成像显示右肱骨有恶性骨肿瘤。颈部计算机断层扫描显示鼻咽部有肿块及双侧淋巴结病。鼻咽部活检显示为鼻咽癌未分化癌(世界卫生组织3型A)。该患者被诊断为IVb期鼻咽癌,因此接受了姑息化疗。在接受三个周期的顺铂多西他赛后,患者病情有所改善。