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🌱 created from: nasopharyngeal_carcinoma

pathology_of_nasopharyngeal_carcinoma

• WHO type I

  • SCC
  • Behaves more like other head & neck CA

• WHO type II

  • Nonkeratinizing CA
  • Endemic areas; >90% a/w EBV

• WHO type III

  • Undifferentiated CA

• Basaloid squamous CA: Rare subtype

• Neuroendocrine & SNUC may arise in the nasopharynx but are distinct clinical entities