Solitary rib metastasis from primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A rare clinical presentation. 2022

Sehrish Abrar, and Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, and Nasir Ali, and Asim Hafiz, and Agha Mohammad Hammad Khan, and Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Department of Oncology, Aga Khan University, Karachi,Pakistan.

We report a case of a middle age male who presented to our tertiary care university hospital with the complaints of nasal obstruction and decrease hearing. The CT scan of head and neck exhibited a mass in nasopharynx and enlarged bilateral cervical lymph nodes. Biopsy from nasopharynx confirmed the lesion as poorly differentiated non-keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma and staged as cT2N2M0. He received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Subsequently, he underwent chemo radiation therapy. He represented with left chest wall pain. Imaging confirmed isolated lesion on left sided 6th rib. Rib lesion was resected followed by radiation therapy to surgical bed and systemic treatment. The patient remained disease free for 4.5 years. Later, his disease relapsed, and he died of systemic disease progression. To the best of the author's knowledge, only few cases have been reported with isolated rib metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma and this is the first case in which metastasectomy was considered.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009303 Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the NASOPHARYNX. Cancer of Nasopharynx,Nasopharyngeal Cancer,Cancer of the Nasopharynx,Nasopharynx Cancer,Nasopharynx Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Nasopharyngeal,Cancer, Nasopharyngeal,Cancer, Nasopharynx,Cancers, Nasopharyngeal,Cancers, Nasopharynx,Nasopharyngeal Cancers,Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm,Nasopharynx Cancers,Nasopharynx Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Nasopharyngeal,Neoplasm, Nasopharynx,Neoplasms, Nasopharynx
D009333 Neck The part of a human or animal body connecting the HEAD to the rest of the body. Necks
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077274 Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma A carcinoma that originates in the EPITHELIUM of the NASOPHARYNX and includes four subtypes: keratinizing squamous cell, non-keratinizing, basaloid squamous cell, and PAPILLARY ADENOCARCINOMA. It is most prevalent in Southeast Asian populations and is associated with EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS. Somatic mutations associated with this cancer have been identified in NPCR, BAP1, UBAP1, ERBB2, ERBB3, MLL2, PIK3CA, KRAS, NRAS, and ARID1A genes. Carcinoma, Nasopharyngeal,Carcinomas, Nasopharyngeal,Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas
D012272 Ribs A set of twelve curved bones which connect to the vertebral column posteriorly, and terminate anteriorly as costal cartilage. Together, they form a protective cage around the internal thoracic organs. Rib
D059146 Metastasectomy Surgery to remove one or more NEOPLASM METASTASES. Metastasectomies

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