On October 9, 2016, Aceron died of nasopharynx cancer, having been diagnosed with the disease in December 2015.
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When velopalatal insufficiency is present, air leaks into the nasopharynx even when the soft palate should close off the nose.
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RPA is usually caused by a bacterial infection originating from the nasopharynx, tonsils, sinuses, adenoids or middle ear.
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When you exhale, however, those same chemicals are blown up the nasopharynx into the waiting arms of the olfactory epithelium.
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This particular bug, which can live quite peacefully in the human nasopharynx, has the ability to cause devastating invasive disease.
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The palatine tonsils and the nasopharyngeal tonsil are lymphoepithelial tissues located near the oropharynx and nasopharynx ( parts of the throat ).
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It is joined to the nose by the nasopharynx at the top of the throat, and to ear by its Eustachian tube.
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For the pharyngeal phase to work properly all other egress from the pharynx must be occluded this includes the nasopharynx and the larynx.
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The specific features of Down syndrome that predispose to obstructive sleep apnea include relatively low muscle tone, narrow nasopharynx, and large tongue.
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"' Lymphoepithelioma-like carcinomas "'are carcinomas that arise outside of the nasopharynx, but resemble a lymphoepithelioma histologically.
