Pearls & Oy-sters: Bilateral cavernous sinus syndrome as presenting manifestation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Pearls & Oy-sters: Bilateral cavernous sinus syndrome as presenting manifestation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Neurology current issue

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma commonly presents with trismus, pain, otitis media, nasal regurgitation (due to paresis of the soft palate), hearing loss, and cranial nerve palsies.¹ Incidence of cranial nerve involvement varies from 12% to 35%.²

Original Article: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/short/82/6/e51?rss=1

Julio Pereira, MD

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