title: [Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma: a report of 11 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Second Hospital of Yueyang City, Yueyang 414000, China. jiandunbing@sina.com
authors.forename: Dunbing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Shuanghong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Dongliang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Minzheng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Boqiu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhixiong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: 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