Primary pulmonary extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma of nasal type misdiagnosed as pneumonia
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Primary pulmonary extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma of nasal type misdiagnosed as pneumonia
RATIONALE Primary pulmonary NK/T cell lymphoma is extremely rare, and only a few cases have reported so far. Its diagnosis is mainly dependent on open-lung biopsy. PATIENT CONCERNS Here, we report a 44-year-old male who was initially misdiagnosed as having pneumonia according to the clinical characteristics and computed tomography (CT) findings. DIAGNOSIS The first lung biopsy indicated a l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000008914