title: [Clinical analysis of 170 cases head and neck lymphoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the characteristics of head and neck lymphoma in order to improve its diagnose rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review and analysis 170 patients with head and neck lymphoma in department of otolaryngology of Xiangya hospital from 1997 to 2005.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nasal cavity and nasal sinuses, neck, tonsil were the common place of the origin of head and neck lymphoma. There are 9 cases Hodgkin disease and 161 cases non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). T cellularity, B cellularity lymphoma, the mixed pattern and nullityping accounted for 60.9%, 36.0% and 3.1% of these patients with NHL, respectively. CHOP and radiotherapy were the main treatment method.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical and imageology manifestation of head and neck lymphoma were of diversification and no specificity, whose final diagnosis depended on immunohistochemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China. xyqyz@medmail.com.cn
authors.forename: Yuan-zheng
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Yong-quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Wen-bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Jian-yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Su-ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult