[Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma: a report of 11 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical diagnosis consideration of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma.


METHODS
Reviewing the clinical data of 11 patients with nasal NK/T cell lymphoma between 1992 to 2003.


RESULTS
Eight patients were unilateral, 3 bilateral. Six patients were misdiagnosed of other diseases. Three were diagnosed correctly through pathological biopsy once. Eight patients died in 3 to 20 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma is easily misdiagnosed. The right diagnosis can be built with clinical, pathological and imaging examination.
Jian
Dunbing
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Second Hospital of Yueyang City, Yueyang 414000, China. jiandunbing@sina.com
Wu
Shuanghong
S
Chen
Dongliang
D
Ying
Minzheng
M
Yang
Boqiu
B
You
Zhou
Z
Liu
Li
L
Ding
Zhixiong
Z
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054391:Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult