Case Report: Coexistence of Non-Keratinizing Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Follicular Lymphoma in Nasopharynx

• Tao Xu

  Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China

• Weihong Wei

  Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China

• Zeli Huang

  Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan 528000, Guangdong Province, China

• Weihan Hu

  Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China

 We report a very rare case of coexistence of non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma and follicular lymphoma in nasopharynx. A 52-year-old woman was admitted in our hospital because of painless enlarged bilateral cervical mass. Nasopharyngoscopy revealed a nasopharyngeal mass, and biopsy showed follicular lymphoma cells infiltrating non-keratinizing squamous carcinoma. The patient underwent combined treatment which targeted two tumors and was alive without any progression in one-year follow up.

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