Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-cnmwb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-18T20:50:32.788Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Stage 1 Hodgkin's disease of the nasopharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

F. Daniel*
Affiliation:
Radiotherapy Department, Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth Devon.
F. S. M. Mancero
Affiliation:
Radiotherapy Department, Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth Devon.
J. G. Conrad
Affiliation:
E.N.T. Department, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro, Cornwall.
C. J. Tyrrell
Affiliation:
Radiotherapy Department, Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth Devon.
*
Dr. F. Daniel, Radiotherapy Department, Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth, Devon PL4 7JJ.

Abstract

Primary nasopharyngeal involvement with Hodgkin's Disease (HD) is a rare event. Most such cases are associated with other sites of involvement. In this paper we present a case of State 1 HD in the nasopharynx and review the literature.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bailey, B. J. and Brindley, P. C. (1970) Manifestations of Malignant Lymphomas in the head and neck. Transactions of the American Academy of Opthalmology and Otolaryngology. 74: 283290.Google ScholarPubMed
Bauer, E. (1951) Das retikulo-endotheliale stutzgwebe des Rachenringes als Ausgangspunkt von systemerkrankungen (Lymphogranuloma) Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 101: 835839.Google Scholar
Biorklund, A., Cavallin-Stahl, E., Landberg, T., Lindberg, L. G. and Akerman, M. (1976) Biopsy of the nasopharynx as staging procedure in Hodgkin's Disease. Acta Radiologica, Therapy, Physics, Biology. 15: 387393.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Bogusz, W. (1970) Nasopharyngeal Hodgkin's Disease. Pediatria Polska 45: 853856.Google Scholar
Cionini, L., Bastiani, P., Biti, G. P., Mungai, V., Ponticelli, P. and Di Lollo, S. (1985) Waldeyer's ring (WR) Involvement in Hodgkin's Disease. Radiotherapy and Oncology 3: 299302.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Eavey, R. D. and Goodman, M. L. (1982) Hodgkin's Disease of the Nasopharynx. American Journal of Otololaryngeology. 3: 417421.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ghossein, N. A. and Najjar, M. Y. (1967) Hodgkin's Disease of the Nasopharynx: Report of a Case. Laryngoscope 77: 247251.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gupta, R. (1983) Hodgkin's Disease in Nasopharynx and nasal fossa. Indian Journal of Cancer. 20: 4042.Google ScholarPubMed
Kaplan, H. S., Dorfman, R. F., Nelsen, T. S. and Rosenberg, S. A. (1973) Staging Laporatomy and splenectomy in Hodgkin's Disease: Analysis of indications and patterns of involvement in 285 Consecutive unselected Patients. National Cancer Institute Monograph. 36: 291301.Google Scholar
Kaplan, H. S. (1980) Hodgkin's Disease 2nd EditionHarvard University Press.Google ScholarPubMed
Kuhn, E. and Hertelendy, A. (1980) Hodgkin's Disease in the Waldeyer's Ring Strahlentherapie 156: 154157.Google ScholarPubMed
Leonardelli, G. B. and Cavallazzi, G. (1967) La Malattia Di Hodgkin Delle Prime Via AEREO-Digenstive (Rassegna della Lettertatura e 3 Osservazioni Personali) Archivo Italiano di Otologia, Rinologia Laringologia & Patotologia Cervico-Fac-dale (Milano) 78: 134166.Google Scholar
Manci, F. (1954) Linfogranuloma Maligno Clinicamente Primitivo del Rino-Faringe. Oto-Rino-Laringologia Italiana 22: 480490.Google Scholar
Pitois, M. and Prunet, D. (1980) Localizations Inaugurates Isolees De la Maladie De Hodgkin a la Sphere O.R.L. Medecine et armees. 8: 277279.Google Scholar
Sobol, I. M. (1934) Lymphogranulomatosis and its significance in diagnosis of Diseases of Waldeyer's ring. Annals of Otology Rhinology and Laryngology. 43: 851862.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Todd, G. B. and Michaels, L. (1974) Hodgkin's disease involving Waldeyer's lymphoid ring.Cancer 34: 17691778.3.0.CO;2-9>CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Trentini, G. P., Cappiello, R., Ferrari de Gaetani, C. and Botticelli, A. (1968). II Linforgranuloma extra-Linfatico apparente-mente primitivo–Relievi anatomo-clinici su 15 osservasioni personali, desunte da un totale di 221 biopsie di linfogranuloma. Archivio De Vecchi per L'anatomia Patologica & la Medicina Clinica (Firenze).Google Scholar