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KMID : 0882420100780060766
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2010 Volume.78 No. 6 p.766 ~ p.770
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A case of peripheral T-cell lymphoma presenting with a necrotizing gingival ulcer
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Chough Hong-Sung
Jeong Yu-Jin
Han Jung-Yeon
Kim Hyun-Sook
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Abstract
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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a heterogenous group of generally aggressive neoplasms constituting less than 15% of all non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas in adults. PTCL unspecified (PTCL-U) comprises 6% of lymphomas in the United States and Europe. Most patients with PTCL-U present with generalized lymphadenopathy and hemophagocytosis, eosinophilia, and pruritus involving the skin, liver, spleen, and other viscera. Gingival and genital ulcers are a very uncommon manifestation. The diagnosis of PTCL-U is based on the results of a tissue biopsy that shows evidence of T-cell lymphoma that does not meet the criteria for other subtypes of T-cell lymphoma. Here, we describe an 85-year-old man with intermittent fever and necrotizing gingival and genital ulcers who was diagnosed with PTCL-U after a gingival biopsy. (Korean J Med 78:766-770, 2010)
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KEYWORD
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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, Gingival ulcer
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