The persistence of symptom burden after radiation treatment for head and neck cancer (HNC). A comparison between surgery plus radiotherapy and exclusive chemoradiation therapy regimes in oral and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 48-year-old black man with a history of chronic hepatitis C and HIV, well controlled on highly active ...

Nasopharyngeal cancer is a rare type of head and neck cancer. It starts in the upper part of your throat, behind the nose. This area is called the nasopharynx. The nasopharynx is precariously placed ...

Tornwaldt cyst (TC) is also known as Thornwaldt cyst, or nasopharyngeal cyst. Findings related to TC are summarized in the Table. Physicians should be aware of TC because the nonspecific symptoms ...

A. The drawing shows intracranial upstream lymphatic regions #1, #2, and #3 that drain through the nasopharyngeal lymphatic plexus (NPLP) en route to medial deep cervical lymphatics and deep cervical ...

Nasopharyngeal cancer occurs when cancer cells grow in the nasopharynx. This is the portion of your throat that’s just behind your nose and above the oropharynx, where food and drinks pass on their ...

A 16-year-old African-American male with a history of hemoglobin AS (sickle-cell trait) presented to the emergency department after experiencing several episodes of hemoptysis over a 24-hour period.

Nasopharyngeal swabs have been used for decades to diagnose respiratory infections, including COVID-19. A trained healthcare professional takes the sample by inserting a long swab through the nose to ...

A pediatric nurse has posted an unpleasant-looking illustration of a test for COVID-19—the disease caused by the novel coronavirus—which has been shared more than 50,000 times. The illustration shows ...

Imaging with the use of a prostate cancer biomarker has led to the discovery of a pair of salivary glands, found tucked away inside the skull where the nasal cavity and throat meet. The findings were ...