Fatal bleeding in a nasopharyngeal carcinoma patient after concurrent chemoradiation plus cetuximab: a case report
Carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) refers to the clinical signs and symptoms related to rupture of the carotid artery (CA) and its branches, which mainly results from malignant invasion of the CA by head and neck cancers. Here, we present a 46-year-old male patient who suffered from nasopharyngeal carci...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3684226/ |