Alpha-fetoprotein–producing recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A case report

Alpha-fetoprotein hardly increased due to nasopharyngeal cancer. In this article, we reported a 57-year-old male nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient who had posttreatment subscapular metastasis with high serum alpha-fetoprotein but negative plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA. Pathology results indicated tha...

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Auteurs principaux: Zhen-Chong Yang, Mei-Juan Luo, Li-Li Liu, Mu-Yan Cai, Yu-Jing Liang, Qiu-Yan Chen, Lin-Quan Tang, Hai-Qiang Mai
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Langue:EN
Publié: SAGE Publishing 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/8cdd80ffcf634bb18ca89b45d31c71b3
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Résumé:Alpha-fetoprotein hardly increased due to nasopharyngeal cancer. In this article, we reported a 57-year-old male nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient who had posttreatment subscapular metastasis with high serum alpha-fetoprotein but negative plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA. Pathology results indicated that the scapular mass was undifferentiated non-keratinizing carcinoma originated in the nasopharynx. Moreover, no liver lesion was detected by imaging examination. In view of the positive alpha-fetoprotein and alpha-fetoprotein messenger RNA staining result in the right scapular mass fine needle aspiration biopsy sample, we considered the diagnosis of alpha-fetoprotein-producing nasopharyngeal carcinoma that had never been reported before.