Clinico-Radiologic Findings in Primary Cutaneous Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type Mimicking Cellulitis of the Left Arm

Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a very rare and aggressive disease characterized histopathologically by an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive atypical lymphoid cytotoxic infiltrate, extensive vascular destruction, and prominent tissue necrosis. It commonly shows cutaneous lesions th...

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Autores principales: Kim, Soo Hyun, Seon, Hyun Ju, Choi, Yoo Duk, Yun, Sook Jung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2015
Materias:
Musculoskeletal Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25793085
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.12597
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Sumario:Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is a very rare and aggressive disease characterized histopathologically by an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive atypical lymphoid cytotoxic infiltrate, extensive vascular destruction, and prominent tissue necrosis. It commonly shows cutaneous lesions that primarily or secondarily mimic cellulitis at the primary site. We report on a very rare case of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type of skin/soft tissue, in a 64-year-old man, and describe the radiological findings. The condition was misdiagnosed as cellulitis of the left arm based on initial noninvasive clinical and radiologic work-up.

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