T-cell lymphoma presenting as acute mastoiditis with a facial palsy.
Isolated T-cell lymphomas affecting only the mastoid are extremely rare. Presentation with oto-neurological signs prior to systemic involvement of a lymphoproliferative disease is also unusual. This is the youngest reported patient with a peripheral T-cell lymphoma with disease isolated only in the mastoid who presented with acute mastoiditis and a complete seventh cranial nerve palsy.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE7 7DN, UK. allantpho@hotmail.com
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D000208:Acute Disease; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D017252:CD3 Complex