Scrotal skin ulcer in a patient with a previous tonsillectomy because of natural killer cell lymphoma.
The CD56+ lymphomas are a recently characterized high-grade malignancy of putative natural killer cell origin. They are mostly localized to the nasal areas but show a propensity to spread to or recur in the skin. We describe a unique case of CD56+ natural killer lymphoma that recurred in scrotal skin in a patient 8 years after an initial limited resection. Although this case was unusual in showing a prolonged period of apparent remission, it illustrated a characteristic clinicopathologic behavior of this rare tumor.
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University Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
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D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000473:pathology*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012611:Scrotum; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D014068:Tonsillectomy