CASE REPORTS
A rare case of low-grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma in a young adult woman: A case report from a tertiary hospital in Northwestern Nigeria
Yasir Nuhu Jibril1, Abubakar Danjuma Salisu2, Muhammad Inuwa Mustapha3, Olatunde Olaniyi Abiodun Oluwafemi4
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
3 Radiation and Clinical Oncology Unit, Department of Radiology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
4 Department of Histopathology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Yasir Nuhu Jibril
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano
Nigeria
Source of Support: None
Conflict of Interest: None
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Low-grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma (NPAC) is a rare nasopharyngeal malignancy that runs an indolent course. It presents with a variety of symptoms including but not limited to nasal obstruction, runny nose, postnasal drip, and nasal bleeding. The main stay of treatment is surgery, but other adjuvant treatments including radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy have been used with varying degrees of successes. Due to its low grade nature and absence of distant metastases, its prognosis is excellent. Here, we report the case of a 22-year-old young woman with low-grade NPAC who was treated in our hospital by simple surgical excision.
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