Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, because of its aggressive nature, is capable of causing significant distant metastasis to the bone, lung, and liver.
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Metastasis to the skin, although reported, is very unusual for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. We present 2 cases of metastasis to the skin that occurred in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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