nasopharyngeal carcinoma
MONDO:0015459Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names nasopharyngeal carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A carcinoma arising from the nasopharyngeal epithelium. It includes the following types: keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, nonkeratinizing carcinoma (differentiated and undifferentiated), basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, and papillary adenocarcinoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015459), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Also called
- carcinoma of nasopharynxcarcinoma of the nasopharynxnasopharynx carcinomaNPCsquamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx