[Clinical analysis on 18 cases of primary nasal cavity and sinuses T/NK lymphomas]

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi. 2004 Nov;18(11):651-2.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the clinical characteristics and treatment effect of primary sinonasal T/NK lymphomas.

Method: Eighteen cases of primary sinonasal T/NK lymphomas were reviewed retrospectively. The clinical behavior, clinical diagnostic characteristics and prognosis were studied.

Result: The clinical symptoms of these patients included nasal obstruction, epistaxis, nasal discharge, intumescence, ulcer and fever so on. Clinical diagnosis was easy to be misdiagnosed. The prognosis of patients that higher stage and higher malignant were bad.

Conclusion: Sinonasal T/NK lymphomas are a distinct clinicopathological category and the clinical symptoms are nonspecificness. We should pay attention to distinction and avoiding misdiagnosis. The prognosis is relative to pathological category and clinical stage.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Killer Cells, Natural / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies