How to distinguish rhinitis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

Clinically, there are mainly the following points to distinguish rhinitis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: 1, and their symptoms are different. Rhinitis mainly manifested as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and other related symptoms, rarely accompanied by nosebleeds. The early symptoms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma may not be obvious, and blood may appear in the retracted nose. Patients may have recurrent unilateral secretory otitis media, painless submandibular angle lymphadenopathy and other related changes in the early stage, and patients may have emaciation changes. 2. Clinical physical examination is different. Rhinitis mainly manifested as turbinate hypertrophy, nasal congestion and other related changes. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is mainly characterized by the proliferation of new organisms on the nasopharyngeal wall and posterior wall or pharyngeal recess, with ulcer, cauliflower-like and invasive growth on the surface, and some patients can also show the changes of submucosal hyperplasia and uplift. 3.CT examination is different. The main manifestations of rhinitis are turbinate hypertrophy and hyperosteogeny. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma can be characterized by the disappearance of fat space, the filling of unilateral pharyngeal recess and the proliferation of soft tissue. 4. The pathological results are different. The pathological manifestation of rhinitis is inflammatory tissue, and the pathological manifestation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma can clearly show the cancer tissue.