Summary Low grade papillary adenocarcinoma is especially rare tumor in nasopharynx. Here we reported a patient who had low grade papillary adenocarcinoma of the nasopharynx and was diagnosed by pathology. The patient complained for bilateral nasal congestion for 10 years and was hospitalized in recent 3 years. The patient received nasopharyngeal tumor resection, and the postoperative pathological examination showed low grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma with squamation. The patient was followed up for 9 months without recurrence or metastasis. We reported this case and reviewed the relevant literature in order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease..
Keywords: nasopharyngeal neoplasms; papillary adenocarcinoma; surgical procedures,operative.
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