Nasopharyngeal carcinomas are responsible of a high mortality rate in many parts of the world. The clinical aspects of these cancers are various; they find their explanations in the ways of tumor extension. The knowledge of these expansion ways has been significantly modified by the addition of CT and MRI. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nasopharyngeal carcinomas that manifested with sensorineural hearing loss as the first and unique symptom. We report the case of a 48 years old male Arab patient with an unusual mode of revelation of this cancer, he presented with sensorineural hearing loss. He had no other clinical manifestations. The patient was assessed for Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors, MRI rectified the diagnosis. The intracranial extension of nasopharyngeal carcinomas may be manifested by sensorineural hearing loss due to the auditory nerve damage and can be the first and the unique symptom of the disease. Imaging section (CT scan and MRI) is the cornerstone that can rectify the diagnosis.
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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Tumor Extension
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Hind Temsamani, Ahmed Belkouch, Abdelilah Mouhsine, Ali Jahidi, Abdelghani El Fikri, et al. (2014). Sensorineural Hearing Loss as an Exceptional Mode of Revelation of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Report. Cancer Research Journal, 2(6), 104-107. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.crj.20140206.12
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Hind Temsamani; Ahmed Belkouch; Abdelilah Mouhsine; Ali Jahidi; Abdelghani El Fikri, et al. Sensorineural Hearing Loss as an Exceptional Mode of Revelation of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Case Report. Cancer Res. J. 2014, 2(6), 104-107. doi: 10.11648/j.crj.20140206.12
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author = {Hind Temsamani and Ahmed Belkouch and Abdelilah Mouhsine and Ali Jahidi and Abdelghani El Fikri and Lahcen Belyamani and Fouad Benariba},
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abstract = {Nasopharyngeal carcinomas are responsible of a high mortality rate in many parts of the world. The clinical aspects of these cancers are various; they find their explanations in the ways of tumor extension. The knowledge of these expansion ways has been significantly modified by the addition of CT and MRI. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of nasopharyngeal carcinomas that manifested with sensorineural hearing loss as the first and unique symptom. We report the case of a 48 years old male Arab patient with an unusual mode of revelation of this cancer, he presented with sensorineural hearing loss. He had no other clinical manifestations. The patient was assessed for Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors, MRI rectified the diagnosis. The intracranial extension of nasopharyngeal carcinomas may be manifested by sensorineural hearing loss due to the auditory nerve damage and can be the first and the unique symptom of the disease. Imaging section (CT scan and MRI) is the cornerstone that can rectify the diagnosis.},
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