Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma of the nasal type with predominant T-cell markers: A rare subtype of rare disease entity.

Autor: Varshney, Ankur Nandan, Patidar, Rajesh, Malhotra, Mridul, Behera, Monalisa, Nagar, Mukesh, Kataria, S. P.
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Zdroj: International Journal of Medicine & Public Health; Oct-Dec2015, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p378-380, 3p
Abstrakt: Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma of nasal type is a rare and comparatively a new entry among group of Non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The disease is characterized by a clinically aggressive course with involvement of upper aero-digestive tract and classical immune-phenotyping with CD2, CD3 and CD56 positivity. Being a rare entity, treatment entities are yet not formulated in guidelines. We hereby report a case of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma with predominant T cell markers who was initially treated with CHOP regime of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and later successfully treated with SMILE regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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