sinonasal NK/T-cell lymphoma
Sinonasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphomas are common in Asia and areas of South and Central America but are rarely seen in North America and Europe.
Sinonasal NK/T-cell lymphomas in the United States most often occur in ethnic groups from areas of reported high frequency (Asia, Central and South America), although less commonly than in endemic populations, and are otherwise similar phenotypically.
Synopsis
necrosis
angiodestructive pattern
extensive partially infarcted lymphomatous infiltration
small, medium, and occasionally large lymphoid cells with medium sized nucleoli.
The nucleoli are more prominent in the larger cells.
Cytoplasm is copious and pale pink.
Immunochemistry
CD3+
TIA-1+
CD45+
granzyme B+
- perforin +/-
- CD56 (66%)
- CD8 (20%)
- EBV EBER-ISH (100%)
- TCR-gamma gene rearrangement (7%)
- CD16-
- CD57-
- CK-
Case records
See also
sinonasal lymphomas
References
Gaal K, Sun NC, Hernandez AM, Arber DA. Sinonasal NK/T-cell lymphomas in the United States. Am J Surg Pathol. 2000 Nov;24(11):1511-7. PMID: 11075852
Cuadra-Garcia I, Proulx GM, Wu CL, Wang CC, Pilch BZ, Harris NL, Ferry JA. Sinonasal lymphoma: a clinicopathologic analysis of 58 cases from the Massachusetts General Hospital. Am J Surg Pathol. 1999 Nov;23(11):1356-69. PMID: #10555004#