There are a number of primary malignancies of the nasopharynx:
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma (squamous cell carcinoma): 70%
- lymphoma (sinonasal lymphoma): 20%
- other
- nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma
- adenoid cystic carcinoma
- mucosal melanoma
- extramedullary plasmacytoma
- carcinosarcoma
- fibrosarcoma
- rhabdomyosarcoma
- chordoma