Infectious mononucleosis in the nasopharynx with a histological picture of malignant lymphoma.
The present report describes the case history of an 8-year-old girl with a suspected malignant lymphoma of the nasopharynx that was subsequently proven to be due to infectious mononucleosis. The literature is reviewed.
Takimoto
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Department of Otolaryngology School of Medicine Kanazawa University, Japan.
Tanaka
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Ishikawa
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Umeda
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*