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KMID : 0366220080430040276
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Korean Journal of Hematology
2008 Volume.43 No. 4 p.276 ~ p.279
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A Case of Primary NK/T Cell Lymphoma of the Testis
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Park Jin-Sup
Lim Won
Kim Mi-Hyun
Lee Hye-Won
Kim Bo-Won
Choi Young-Jin
Shin Ho-Jin
Chung Joo-Seop
Cho Goon-Jae
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Abstract
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Primary testicular lymphoma account for 1∼5% of all testicular neoplasms. The majority of these tumors are diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Primary NK/T cell lymphoma of the testis is a rare entity. Regardless of treatment, the majority of these patients have exhibited a highly aggressive clinical course and they have died within 1 year because of early dissemination. We report here on a case of the aggressive ’nasal type’ natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma that initially presented as a testicular tumor. A 63-year-old man presented with painless left testicular swelling, and so a left orchiectomy was performed. A biopsy specimen of the testis revealed an extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma of the nasal type. In-situ hybridization for Epstein-Barr virus proved positive. The patient received systemic chemotherapy with 3 courses of a combination regimen
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KEYWORD
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NK/T cell lymphoma, Testicular lymphoma, Testis
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