Primary Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx. A Table of Cases.

Primary carcinoma of the nasal fossæ is rare, yet most rhinologists of considerable experience have seen cases. Primary carcinoma of the nasopharynx is so rare, judging from the fewness of reports, that but few rhinologists have had even one case. A careful search of the various indexes of the medical journals published in French, German, English, and Italian during the last twenty years has failed to unearth more than 14 cases. It is probable, however, that some reports have not been found; others have doubtless escaped because buried under misleading titles. Cases primary in the nasopharynx, later invading the oropharynx, velum, tonsil, nasal fossæ, antrum and brain, probably have been reported, if at all, as of these regions. Politzer17mentions 5 cases where the Eustachian tube was involved by cancerous extension from the tongue and the superior maxilla, but none of these seem to have been primary in the