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Sachin V Chaudhary1, Niteen D Karnik, Girish R Sabnis
1Department of Medicine, LTM Medical College and LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai-400022.
Abstract:
A 26 years old female presented with fever, nasal stuffiness with blood stained purulent discharge, nasal twang in voice along with non-healing palatal ulcers since three months. Examination revealed a paramidline perforation in the hard palate causing oronasal fistula formation. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry suggested a diagnosis of extranodal Natural Killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma. Multi-agent chemotherapy was instituted. We report this extremely rare case of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) of the extranodal NK/T cell variety presenting as palatal perforation.
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