Lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukaemia presenting as perichondritis of the pinna.
Extra-nodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the pinna has only been reported once in a patient with immunodeficiency. We report an unusual case of lymphoblastic lymphoma in a patient without any immunodeficiency, presenting as an inflammatory lesion of the pinna, which illustrates the need to biopsy any non-healing lesion as soon as possible to ensure that such a treatable malignancy is diagnosed at an early stage.
Department of ORL, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
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Jackson
D000293:Adolescent; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*