O.M. KOLESNIKOVA, M.E. MALKOVA

First Saint Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov, 6-8 L’va Tolstogo St., Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022

Kolesnikova O.М. — PhD (Medicine), Senior Researcher of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Scientific-Research Institute for Surgery and Emergency Medicine, tel. +7-921-752-45-78, e-mail: olga_lozo@mail.ru

Malkova M.Е. — intern of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, tel. +7-931-539-51-71, e-mail: malkovusha@mail.ru

By the clinical case example, the article considers the role of contact endoscopy in differential diagnosing of nasopharynx diseases. The importance of cancer awareness is demonstrated, as well as the timely complex examination of the patient with nonspecific complaints to select an appropriate method of the disease treatment.

Key words: nasopharynx, diseases, diagnostic methods.