Nasal natural killer/T‐cell lymphoma

Lin, Cherng‐Yuan; Cheng, Po‐Wen

doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2010.04.022

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Discussion1

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2013

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent1

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 9 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The clinical course is aggressive with five year survival rates ranging from 38 to 45 percent [ 1 , 8 , 9 ]. The EBV viral load, the degree of angiocentricity and angioinvasion, stage, and time to diagnosis are the main prognostic variables [ 10 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Delayed Diagnosis of Nasal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma

Villwock

Jones

Back

et al. 2013

Case Reports in Otolaryngology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Midline destructive lesions of the face have multiple possible etiologies. The majority of these cases are found to be due to an extranodal lymphoma of natural killer/T-cell-type non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NKTL). Unfortunately, diagnosis is often delayed. With variable presenting complaints, including nonspecific issues like chronic rhinosinusitis or nasal congestion, initial treatments are aimed at these presumed diagnoses. Only as the lesion progresses do overt signs of destruction occur. As with our patient, who was initially treated for presumed infection and abscess, final diagnosis often does not occur until several months, and several antibiotic courses, from initial presentation. As such, it is important for this rare entity to remain in the clinician's differential diagnosis for nasal lesion.

show abstract