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Imaging plays a crucial role in categorizing nasal versus non-nasal types of primary cardiac natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, which has relevant prognostic implications for patient survival.
Case Report (n=1)
Imaging plays a crucial role in categorizing nasal versus non-nasal types of primary cardiac natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, which is important for prognosis.
Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma is a rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma that is divided into nasal, non-nasal, and aggressive/leukemia subtypes, according to anatomic origin and clinical manifestations, with each subtype carrying a different prognosis. We present a case of primary cardiac natural killer/T-cell lymphoma with extension to other organs in a 38-year-old man, to highlight the role of imaging in categorizing nasal versus non-nasal types. This distinction has relevant implications for patient care because the non-nasal type has a much lower survival rate.
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Farfán-Leal et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Primary cardiac natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (n=1). Imaging was evaluated. Imaging plays a crucial role in categorizing nasal versus non-nasal types of primary cardiac natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, which has relevant prognostic implications for patient survival.
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