Cervical lymphadenopathy in childhood: nasopharyngeal carcinoma as a challenging diagnosis

• Main Authors: Paula Martinez Vianna (Author), Cristiane Rúbia Ferreira (Author), Pedro José dos Santos Neto (Author), Brenda Margatho Ramos Martines (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a carcinoma that arises from the nasopharyngeal mucosa and differs from other head and neck carcinomas by its unique histologic, epidemiologic, and biologic characteristics. NPC is rare in most countries, especially Europe and North America. However, it has a high i...