Items tagged “nasopharynx”
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Tornwaldt cyst
Tornwaldt cysts (also spelled as Thornwaldt cyst or Thornwald cyst) are common incidental benign midline nasopharyngeal mucosal cysts. A symptomatic cyst is also called Tornwaldt disease 7,8.
Epidemiology
Tornwaldt cysts are developmental and usually asymptomatic. In most cases they are found ...
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Primary malignancy of the nasopharynx
There are a number of primary malignancies of the nasopharynx:
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (squamous cell carcinoma): 70%
lymphoma (sinonasal lymphoma): 20%
other
nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma
adenoid cystic carcinoma
mucosal melanoma
extramedullary plasmacytoma
carcinosarcoma
fi...