(A) Low power view of nasopharyngeal tumor: Adenoid tissue with glandular and follicular structures lined by cubical cells with ample eosinophilic cytoplasm. Follicular lumens contains proteinaceous material. (B) High power view show on the surface ciliated epithelium partly replaced by cubical oncocytic cells with bland nuclei.
Synchronic nasopharyngeal and intraparotid warthin tumors: A case report and literature review.
Yáñez-Barraza KL, Domínguez-Malagon HR, Mosqueda-Taylor A, Cano-Valdez AM, Luna-Ortiz K - Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry (2014). Not Altered. CC.
Tumors of the nasopharynx are benign or malignant condition affecting the nasopharynx.
Note that these tumors may also occur in the nose or sinuses.
Examples of tumors of the nasopharynx include:
- Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
- Sinonasal (Schneiderian) papilloma
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- NUT midline carcinoma
- Olfactory neuroblastoma aka esthesioneuroblastoma
