Which is the preferred way to diagnose nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Which is the preferred method for diagnosing nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be diagnosed based on medical history, clinical symptoms and laboratory test data. However, nasopharyngeal carcinoma needs to be differentiated from nasopharyngeal lymphosarcoma, proliferative lesions, nasopharyngeal tuberculosis, pharyngeal mucosal inflammation, allergic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, etc., which are inflammations of the nasopharynx.

2. Radiotherapy is the first choice for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. If the patient's radiotherapy is not effective, palliative surgery can also be used for nasopharyngeal tumors. The diagnostic criteria for rhinitis cancer are mainly based on symptoms, signs, physical examinations, medical examinations, etc., and comprehensive examinations are performed to finally confirm the diagnosis.

Advanced symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Symptoms caused by late-stage nasopharyngeal tumors include nasal discharge and blood in the discharge. Some tumors may invade the skull base and cause double vision, eye movement disorders, headaches, and tinnitus. In some parts of the neck, lymph nodes may metastasize and swollen lymph nodes may occur. These are local symptoms.

There are also a series of symptoms such as double vision and inability to turn the eyeball outward. In its terminal stage, nasopharyngeal cancer affects the internal carotid artery, which can cause massive bleeding and rupture of the internal carotid artery, thus causing the patient's death. If nasopharyngeal cancer develops to the late stage, it will spread through the blood and invade various organs.