title: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma with hemorrhagic necrosis of the nasopharynx mimicking an abscess.
abstract: Radiologic feature of primary nasopharyngeal lymphoma is a predominantly homogenous, nonnecrotic large tumor with no or minimal deep tissue invasion. To the best knowledge, nasopharyngeal lymphoma has not been presented with hemorrhagic necrosis. Thus, we report 2 cases of nasopharyngeal lymphoma with hemorrhagic necrosis mimicking an abscess. The patients had bleeding diathesis such as aplastic anemia or idiopathic portal hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Medical Research Institute, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyu-Sup
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hak-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang-Hun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hwan-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Roh
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult