Objective: To investigate the clinical diagnosis consideration of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma.
Method: Reviewing the clinical data of 11 patients with nasal NK/T cell lymphoma between 1992 to 2003.
Result: Eight patients were unilateral, 3 bilateral. Six patients were misdiagnosed of other diseases. Three were diagnosed correctly through pathological biopsy once. Eight patients died in 3 to 20 months.
Conclusion: Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma is easily misdiagnosed. The right diagnosis can be built with clinical, pathological and imaging examination.