Journals / MN Oftalmoloji / 2013 / Cilt: 20 - Sayı: 4

A case of nasopharynx carcinoma presenting with ocular symptoms

Oküler semptomlarla prezente olan nazofarinks karsinomlu bir olgu

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The diagnosis should been determined by radiological imaging modalities.

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Objective & Hypothesis:A 37-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with vision loss and hyperemia at the right eye.
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Key Findings & Data:Visual acuity decreased to hand motions and on the slit-lamp examination, there were ciliary injec- tion and corneal ulcer.
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Abstract

A 37-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with vision loss and hyperemia at the right eye. Total ophthalmoplegia, lagophthalmos, ptosis and exophthalmos were observed. Visual acuity decreased to hand motions and on the slit-lamp examination, there were ciliary injec- tion and corneal ulcer. Computerized tomography showed an infiltrating tumoral lesion filling right nasal passage, ethmoid and sphenoid sinus that extending to middle cranial fossa. Intranasal endoscopic biopsy was reported as nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NFCA). The pa- tient was accepted inoperable due to the extension of the mass and referred to a chemo-radio- therapy center. The most prevalent symptoms of NFCA are masses located at the neck, nasal obstruction, secretion, bleeding and deafness. Clinicians should not forget NFCA at the dif- ferential diagnosis of the patients with ocular symptoms such as vision loss, lagophthalmos, ptosis and exophthalmos. The diagnosis should been determined by radiological imaging modalities.

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Otuz yedi yaşında kadın hasta sağ gözde görme azlığı ve kızarıklık şikayetleri ile kliniği- mize başvurdu. Total oftalmopleji, lagoftalmi, ptozis ve ekzoftalmus mevcuttu. Görme keskin- liği el hareketleri düzeyinde olup biyomikroskopik muayenede sağ gözde siliyer enjeksiyon ve korneal ülser mevcuttu. Bilgisayarlı tomografide (BT) sağ nazal pasajı, sağ etmoid ve sfenoid sinüsü doldurarak orta kranyal fossaya uzanan infiltratif kitle lezyonu saptandı. Kitleden ya- pılan intranazal endoskopik biyopsinin nazofarinks karsinomu (NFCA) olarak sonuçlanması üzerine hasta inoperabl kabul edilerek kemo-radyoterapi olanakları olan bir merkeze sevk edildi. NFCA’lı hastalarda en sık görülen semptomlar boyunda kitle, burun tıkanıklığı, burun akıntısı, burun kanaması ve işitme kaybıdır. Görme kaybı, lagoftalmi, ptozis, ekzoftalmus gibi oküler semptomlarla gelen hastalarda ayırıcı tanıda nazofarengeal kitleler unutulmamalı, rad- yolojik görüntüleme yöntemlerine başvurularak etyoloji araştırılmalıdır.

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İLHAN, N., İLHAN, Ö., COŞKUN, M., AYHAN, E. T., ATÇI, N., DAĞLIOĞLU, M. C. (2013). A case of nasopharynx carcinoma presenting with ocular symptoms. MN Oftalmoloji, Cilt: 20 - Sayı: 4, 289–291. https://ajindex.com/articles/294898

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