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Jackson Chee Chea Lee1, Verity Grace Moynihan2, Nima Mesbah Ardakani3
1Ophthalmology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia jackson_lcc@live.com.
BMJ Case Reports
|February 6, 2025
Abstract:
This case report describes an uncommon case of periorbital swelling due to a rare neoplastic condition, a natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, which presented a significant diagnostic challenge. The malignancy was complicated by hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis that led to mortality within a month of initial presentation.
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