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- Title
Natural killer T-cell lymphoma of the tongue.
- Authors
Cho, Kwang-Jae; Cho, Seok-Goo; Lee, Dong-Hee
- Abstract
Lymphoma, which represents about 5.4% of all neoplasms and, more significantly, 19% to 28% of malignant neoplasms, is the most common nonepithelial malignancy of the head and neck area in Koreans. Natural killer T-cell (NK/T-cell) lymphoma is a lymphoma of putative natural killer cell lineage. NK/T-cell neoplasms are generally rare, but they are more common in people of East Asian, Mexican, or South American descent. These neoplasms are highly aggressive and show a strong association with Epstein-Barr virus. The preferential site of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma is the nasal cavity, and there has been no report of NK/T-cell lymphoma developing from the tongue. We encountered a rare case of NK/T-cell lymphoma of the tongue, which we report with a review of the literature.
- Publication
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology, 2005, Vol 114, Issue 1 Pt 1, p55
- ISSN
0003-4894
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/000348940511400110