Synchronous p16+ nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report and review

Abstract

Abstract We report a case of synchronous p16+ SCC involving both the nasopharynx and base of tongue treated with definitive chemo‐radiotherapy with concurrent high dose cisplatin. The nasopharyngeal lesion was detected incidentally on PET/CT imaging. Head and neck clinicians treating p16+ SCC should consider the possibility of synchronous lesions, including lesions which may be located in the lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx.

Keywords

• base of tongue
• nasopharynx
• p16+
• squamous cell carcinoma
• synchronous