Abstract
The statistical observations were tried on the nasal signs and symptoms in the cases of the nasopharyngeal malignant tumors. Cases are consisted of 532 cases of the cancer, 114 of malignant lymphoma and 12 of sarcoma. Their nasal signs were complained in 33.5%, 44.7% and 58%, respectively.
The frequencies of the nasal obstruction were more in the lymphoma cases than in the carcinoma. On the other hand, the nasal bleeding were detetected more frequently in the carcinoma cases at the first visit time to the clinic. However the difference in these two lesions was disappeared during their clinical courses.
Nasal obstructions were noticed more frequently in the cases, those tumors locate on the inferior-anterior margin of the nasopharngeal space. However symptoms are not influenced by the histopathological classification of the carcinoma. The lesions of the olfactory nerve with the tumor were found in two cases of the carcinoma.
Nasal symptom is not always the first one of the nasopharyngeal malignant tumors. Therefore it is not useful for the early diagnosis of these tumors. On the other hand, this symptom is most important in order to understand the clincial features of these tumors, because of its highest frequency, comparing the other symptoms.
