Disseminated nasal-type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma in a child: a case report.
The authors report a case of nasal-type natural killer/T (NK/T)-cell lymphoma in a 15 years old girl, with rapid fatal evolution. NK/T proliferations are very rare and only a few cases have been described in children, most of them NK/T-cell lymphoma or leukemia, but not nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma. Clinical and biologic characteristics of these diseases are discussed with focus on their aggressivity and poor response to conventional chemotherapy.
Pellier
Isabelle
I
Unité d'Hematologie-Immunologie-Oncologie Pédiatrique CHU Angers, France. IsPellier@chu-angers.fr
N'Golet
Lydie
L
Rachieru
Petronela
P
Rousselet
Marie Christine
MC
Geneviève
Franck
F
Moles
Marie Pierre
MP
Hermine
Olivier
O
Rialland
Xavier
X
D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000473:pathology*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology*; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology