A Case of Child Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Admitted with Cervical Lymphadenitis Responsive to Antibiotic Therapy

Abstract

Cervical lymphadenitis, defined as symptomatic enlargement and inflammation of the cervical lymph nodes, can have many causes, including infections. The condition is typically self-limited. The most common cause is an upper respiratory illness but malignancy should also be kept in mind as a rare but important cause.1 Herein, we report a 12-year-old boy who presented with cervical lymphadenitis that was diagnosed as nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) by newly-developing clinical findings, but that responded well to antibiotic treatment on follow-up.