creators_name: Bist, SS
creators_name: Varshney, Saurabh
creators_name: Singh, Rakesh Kumar
creators_name: Bhagat, Sanjeev
creators_name: Gupta, Nitin
creators_id: sampanbist@yahoo.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2009-11-14 11:38:07
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:30
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title: Primary Non-Hodgkin's Malignant Lymphoma of the Sinonasal Tract
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Sinonasal lymphoma, Non Hodgkins lymphoma, Immunohistochemistry
abstract: Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL) of the sinonasal tract are rather uncommon entities. Morphologically and radiographically, sinonasal lymphomas are difficult to distinguish from other malignant neoplasms or non- neoplastic processes. They have a variable presentation from fulminant destructive manifestations to chronic indolent type of disease and may mimic as carcinomas and invasive fungal infection respectively. We report a case of primary NHL involving sinonasal tract in elderly female, which was clinically and radiologically mimicking as sinonasal malignany and was proven as NHL on histological examination and confirmed by immunohistochemistry. A high index of suspicion, appropriate histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry is necessary to differentiate sinonasal lymphomas from other possibilities. Failure to do so may miss the diagnosis and delay appropriate treatment
date: 2009-09-08
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 8
number: 2
publisher: Kakkilaya BS
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Bist, SS and Varshney, Saurabh and Singh, Rakesh Kumar and Bhagat, Sanjeev and Gupta, Nitin  (2009) Primary Non-Hodgkin's Malignant Lymphoma of the Sinonasal Tract.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/6675/1/2009-2-9.pdf