title: Non-healing pharyngeal ulcer in a middle-aged Caucasian man.
abstract: Extranodal natural killer NK/T-cell lymphoma is a rare malignancy. The disease is common in some Asian countries such as China, Japan as well as in South America. We present a case of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma which presented as a pharyngeal ulcer in a 35-year-old Caucasian man.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Nwabundo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nwankwo
authors.forename: Raya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Aibek E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mirrakhimov
authors.forename: Shesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D054391:Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014456:Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology