Abstract
The patient was a woman, aged 41, who had complained of abnormal sensation in the pharynx for about 2 weeks. CT scan disclosed a low-density mass in the epipharynx with extention to the parapharyngeal space and the prevertebral space. Surgical removal was performed via the oral route. A thyroid cancer with cervical node metastasis was detected during tracheostomy. The tumor of the epipharynx was chondrosarcoma histologically.
Cartilaginous tumors of the epipharynx are rare. Moreover, chondrosarcomas of the head and neck region associated with a second primary neoplasm are extremely rare and only one case has been described before the present report.
