An unusual presentation of nasal type NK/T-cell lymphoma of the nose

Laryngoscope. 2010:120 Suppl 4:S167. doi: 10.1002/lary.21631.

Abstract

Objectives: Case report of a male with a rare nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma that presented as an aggressive nasal infection superimposed with squamous and basal cell carcinoma. A review of the diagnosis, management, and prognosis nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma will be presented.

Study design: Case report and literature review.

Methods: Review of the literature for cases of nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma, with particular attention to its presentations.

Results: Differential diagnosis includes aggressive infection of the nasal skin, carcinoma, and lymphoma.

Conclusion: No cases in the literature of NK/T cell lymphoma have been reported that presented with an aggressive infection with initial biopsies that revealed squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma, which led to surgical management and a definitive diagnosis of Nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / surgery
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Nose Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Nose Neoplasms / surgery
  • Rhinitis / pathology
  • Sinusitis / pathology