[Our experience with extranodal lymphomas of the ORL region]

Head and neck extranodal lymphomas are rare. Waldeyer lymphatic ring is the most common localisation of these lymphomas, followed by oral cavity and parothoid glands. We have done a retrospective study of patients with extranodal lymphomas diagnosed in our hospital between 1991 and 1999. We have included in this study 23 patients, 15 males and 9 females. We have used the REAL classification. All of them have been non-Hodgkin lymphomas. The rhinopharynx has been the most affected region, followed by the palatine tonsils and oral cavity. Most of them were of medium degree and they were in the initial stages. The presentation symptoms varied depending on the localisation. The age, stage and histologic degree were important for the treatment election.