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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma presenting as Gradenigo’s syndrome

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma usually has an insidious onset and non-specific features in the initial stages. This makes early diagnosis difficult. The most usual presenting features are cervical lymphadenopathy, otological symptoms (serous otitis media) and involvement of adjacent cranial nerves. We report a case of Gradenigo’s syndrome in a patient of undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Calcutta National Medical College, Avik Kumar Jana, C/O Asoke Kr. Jana, Model Town, Garia, Balia, Kolkata-84, W.B, India

    Avik Kumar Jana, Abhishek Jaswal, Biswajit Sikder, Utpal Jana & Tapan Kumar Nandi

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Jana, A.K., Jaswal, A., Sikder, B. et al. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma presenting as Gradenigo’s syndrome. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 58, 400–402 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049612

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