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https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2019_216316

Primary lymphoma of the nasal septum – case report

Marica Lidia Mačkić ; Klinika za otorinolaringologiju i kirurgiju glave i vrata, Kliničko bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Dubravko Manestar ; Klinika za otorinolaringologiju i kirurgiju glave i vrata, Kliničko bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Milodar Kujundžić ; Klinika za otorinolaringologiju i kirurgiju glave i vrata, Kliničko bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Blažen Marijić ; Klinika za otorinolaringologiju i kirurgiju glave i vrata, Kliničko bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Goran Malvić ; Klinika za otorinolaringologiju i kirurgiju glave i vrata, Kliničko bolnički centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Mira Krstulja ; Zavod za opću patologiju i patološku anatomiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Nives Jonjić ; Zavod za opću patologiju i patološku anatomiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska

Abstract

Aim: Lymphomas are a group of blood cell tumors that originate from lymphocytes. The nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses are rarely affected by primary lymphomas. The purpose of this article is to show a case study of a patient with a primary extranodal lymphoma of rare origin. Case report: A 66 year-old patient presented at the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic with frontal headaches and nasal congestion. Nasal endoscopy revealed a septal mass in the left nasal cavity. Punch biopsy reported a lymphoplasmocytic diffuse B-cell lymphoma with associated markers CD20+, thus the diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma of the nasal septum was concluded. Conclusion: The differential diagnosis of lymphomas from other head and neck tumors is important because of the early staging of the disease and adequate therapy.

Keywords

B-cell lymphoma; nasal septum; non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Hrčak ID:

216316

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/216316

Publication date:

1.3.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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