Table 3 |
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Summary of basic clinico-pathological features of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type of head and neck region |
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Demographic data (From 31 cases) |
Frequency |
% |
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Age |
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- Range: 15-74 years |
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- Median: 42 years |
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- Mean: 45 years (SD 13) |
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Sex |
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- Male |
23 |
74 |
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- Female |
8 |
26 |
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- M/F ratio: 2.9 |
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Major presenting clinical symptoms* (From 31 cases) |
Frequency |
% |
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Nasal obstruction |
15 |
48 |
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Rhinorrhea |
4 |
13 |
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Epistaxis |
4 |
13 |
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Fever |
3 |
10 |
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Dysphagia |
3 |
10 |
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Orbital swelling and pain |
2 |
7 |
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Blurred vision and headache |
1 |
3 |
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Epiphora |
1 |
3 |
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Chronic oral ulcer |
1 |
3 |
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Palatal mass |
1 |
3 |
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Morphologic patterns (From 22 cases) |
Frequency |
% |
|
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Lymphoma cell size |
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- Predominantly small |
0 |
0 |
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- Mixed small and medium-sized |
2 |
9 |
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- Predominantly medium-sized |
6 |
27 |
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- Mixed medium-sized and large |
11 |
50 |
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- Predominantly large |
3 |
17 |
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- Anaplastic |
0 |
0 |
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Angioinvasion |
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- Present |
15 |
68 |
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- Not identified |
7 |
32 |
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Tissue necrosis |
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- Present |
21 |
95 |
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- Not identified |
1 |
5 |
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* Some cases have more than one major presenting symptom |
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Pongpruttipan et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2011 6:79 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-6-79 |
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