Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, South Africa.
Head Face Med. 2013 Jan 17;9:4. doi: 10.1186/1746-160X-9-4.
Extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, most commonly affecting the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses and nasopharynx. Clinically it is characterised by destruction of facial tissues, commencing in the midline. In most cases it arises from malignant transformation of natural killer cells (NK); sometimes from malignant transformation of cytotoxic T cells.Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, is rare, but even more rare in black persons. The purpose of this article is to report a severe case of extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type, in an elderly black male.
结外 NK/T 细胞淋巴瘤，鼻型，是一种非霍奇金淋巴瘤，最常影响鼻腔、副鼻窦和鼻咽部。临床上，它的特征是面部组织从中线开始破坏。在大多数情况下，它是由自然杀伤细胞（NK）的恶性转化引起的；有时也可由细胞毒性 T 细胞的恶性转化引起。结外 NK/T 细胞淋巴瘤，鼻型，较为罕见，而在黑人中更为罕见。本文的目的是报告一例老年黑人中结外 NK/T 细胞淋巴瘤，鼻型的严重病例。
