NK/T-cell lymphoma with inverted papilloma: A rare coexistence

Natural killer/T-cell (NK/T) lymphomas are an infrequent tumour type of NK and NK-T cells commonly occurring in the upper aero-digestive tract. Most reported cases in the literature are random solitary cases of NK/T-cell lymphoma. A 35-year-old male farmer from Sikkim reported to our institution wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Australasian medical journal 2014-08, Vol.7 (8), p.318-322
1. Verfasser: Deb Roy, Asitava
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Natural killer/T-cell (NK/T) lymphomas are an infrequent tumour type of NK and NK-T cells commonly occurring in the upper aero-digestive tract. Most reported cases in the literature are random solitary cases of NK/T-cell lymphoma. A 35-year-old male farmer from Sikkim reported to our institution with NK/T-cell lymphoma (nasal type) with coexistent inverted papilloma of the nose. This case is being reported due to the unique and unusual simultaneous occurrence of these two tumour entities.
ISSN:1836-1935
1836-1935
DOI:10.4066/AMJ.2014.2025