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Tornwaldt's cyst formation after concurrent chemoradiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2006

S-L Chang ,
T-C Wu  and
C-Y Yiu
S-L Chang
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
T-C Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
C-Y Yiu
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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Abstract

The complications of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma include dryness of mouth, sensorineural hearing loss, dental caries, trismus, pituitary dysfunction, myelitis, paralysis of cranial nerves IX–XII, massive neck fibrosis and pharyngeal wall necrosis. Tornwaldt's cyst formation after concurrent chemoradiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma has not been reported previously in the world literature. Tornwaldt's cyst, a persistent pharyngeal bursa, is found in about 3 per cent of the adult population, although the majority of these are asymptomatic. We describe the previously unreported complication of Tornwaldt's cyst formation after concurrent chemoradiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Keywords

CarcinomaNasopharynxDrug Therapy, CombinationRadiotherapyCysts
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 120 , Issue 11 , November 2006 , pp. 959 - 960
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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