caa a22 4500 388084049 CHVBK 20180307125225.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100144470 doi S0022215100144470 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100144470 Uncommon otological manifestations of nasopharyngeal carcinoma [Elektronische Daten] Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is significant for the otologist although the nasopharynx is located outside the anatomical confines of the ear. Middle-ear effusion resulting from NPC is well-known. There are however, other less common ear symptoms of NPC that many physicians are not sufficiently aware of. A personal series of patients with NPC presenting with uncommon symptoms relating to the ear is presented. These include NPC presenting as a) haemotympanum b) a peri-auricular mass c) referred sensation to the ear d) blocked ear e) barotrauma f) an ear polyp g) sudden sensorineural hearing loss. These symptoms may pose diagnostic difficulties, resulting in the diagnosis of NPC being delayed. It was concluded that a high index of suspicion for NPC is warranted in high risk patients presenting with unexplained otological symptoms. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Nasopharyngeal neoplasms nationallicence Ear diseases nationallicence Low W. K. Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore. Goh Y. H. Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/6(1999-06), 558-560 0022-2151 113:6<558 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144470 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144470 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Low W. K. Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Goh Y. H. Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/6(1999-06), 558-560 0022-2151 113:6<558 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge