Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Symptoms & Causes
What are the symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?
The most common symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma include:
- nasal bleeding, obstruction, or discharge
- ear infection, tinnitus, or deafness
- headache
- neck swelling
- neck mass, which is usually painless
- facial muscle paralysis
What causes nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children?
It is important to understand that tumors often emerge with no known cause. Many may result from the combined effects of genetic and environmental factors.
Some cancers are caused by inherited conditions. Disorders associated with pheochromocytomas include neurofibromatosis, von Hippel-Lindau disease, multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) syndromes, tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber syndrome, and ataxia-telangiectasia.
Adrenocortical carcinomas are often linked to genetic conditions, most often Li-Fraumeni syndrome. About 50% to 80% of pediatric ACC patients have this syndrome. Other related conditions include MEN1, Lynch syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, and hemihypertrophy.
