Complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Abstract

We here report the first case in the literature on a surgical emergency of complete small bowel obstruction caused by metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma nine months after the primary tumor was treated with concurrent chemoradiation. The patient achieved prolonged survival with prompt surgical treatment followed by systemic chemotherapy.

Keywords

• small bowel obstruction, metastasis, nasopharyngeal carcinoma