Kumar Madhu, Kumar Ashutosh, Goel Madhu Mati
Department of Pathology, C.S.M. Medical University, Lucknow, India.
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2013 Jun;29(2):87-9. doi: 10.1007/s12288-011-0141-8. Epub 2012 Jan 31.
A rare case of primary extranodal lymphoma of nasal cavity is here with reported in a 11 years old female child. Patient presented with space occupying extensive lesion in nasal cavity with destraction of nasal septum and obliteration of paranasal sinuses. After histological examination and routine stain showed a round cell tumor with provisional diagnosis of large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was made. Immunohistochemical stain were used to further differentiate from other possibilities mimics as carcinoma and round cell tumors. Immunohistochemical stain confirm the diagnosis of extranodal T-cell lymphoma. We report this case for its rarity in paediatric patients.
本文报道了一例11岁女童原发性鼻腔结外淋巴瘤的罕见病例。患者鼻腔出现占位性广泛病变,鼻中隔破坏,鼻窦闭塞。组织学检查及常规染色显示为圆形细胞瘤,初步诊断为大细胞非霍奇金淋巴瘤。采用免疫组织化学染色进一步与癌和圆形细胞瘤等其他可能的模仿病变相鉴别。免疫组织化学染色确诊为结外T细胞淋巴瘤。我们报告该病例是因其在儿科患者中罕见。