Authors : M. Guezar; S. Khalfi; MA. Erraisse; M. Iken; M. Boubou; FZ. Farhane; Z. Alami; T. Bouhafa
Volume/Issue : Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 5 - May
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Although nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
has a high tendency for early distant spread, orbital and
ocular adnexa metastases are rare. This paper reports a
10-year-old female child previously diagnosed with a
locally advanced NPC, she was treated with neoadjuvant
chemotherapy based on bleomycin, epirubicin, and
cisplatin (BEC) protocol with a low radiological response,
Afterward, the management was supplemented by
concomitant chemoradiotherapy. The patient
subsequently presented bilateral painful palpable masses
in the medial canthal area with mild proptosis, redness,
and decreased visual acuity. The cervical facial scan
showed bilateral tissue formations of the internal canthus,
related to secondary locations. The cerebral scan showed
a tissue formation of the frontal bone, enhanced after
contrast without periosteal reaction, related to a
secondary location.
Subsequently, the patient received two cycles of palliative
chemotherapy. The evolution was marked by the
progression of orbital metastases. The patient died two
months after the diagnosis of orbital metastases. In this
case report, we illustrate a new case of a pediatric
nasopharyngeal carcinoma with orbital metastasis and
report the clinicopathological features and therapeutics
interventions, as well as the outcomes of this aggressive
disease.
Keywords : Orbital Metastases, Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Imaging