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18492683

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Gastric involvement of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type is extremely rare, and its clinicopathologic features are also poorly understood. Until now, only 4 cases have been reported in literature. In this article, 3 cases of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type are reported. In this current series, one patient (case 2) was admitted to emergency due to life-threatened hemorrhage of the upper-digestive tract and the volume of blood loss was about 2000 mL. For case 3, the sample was a small piece of gastroendoscopy biopsy tissue. It is a challenge for pathologist to make the diagnosis for this special type of tumor. In all, 2 of 3 cases had a relevant history of midfacial extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type before. The other patient died of tumor 2 months later with no history of the tumor when she was alive. Literature review was carried out; The cases reported in this article are documented and compared with the 4 previously reported cases of tumor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1066-8969
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
450-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastric involvement of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type: a report of 3 cases with literature review.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't