Subdural empyema post-chemoradiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Chan, D.B.Y.; Ong, C.K.; Soo, R.L.K.
Singapore Medical Journal 47(12): 1089-1091
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675 PMID: 17139409 Document Number: 600803
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a common malignancy in the Asian Chinese population. The first-line treatment for Stage III/IV disease has in recent times shifted from radiotherapy to that of concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The treatment is not infrequently associated with in-field complications. We describe a rare case of one such complication -- subdural empyema developing post-chemoradiotherapy in a 56-year-old man with Stage IVB nasopharyngeal carcinoma.