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Nasopharyngeal/nasal type T/NK lymphomas: analysis of 14 cases and review of the literature.
Tumori - 1 Jan 2000
García-Cosío Mónica, Santón Almudena, Méndez M Carmen, Rivas Carmen, Martín Carmen, Bellas Carmen
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AIMS AND BACKGROUND: Lymphoid malignancies expressing CD56 are rare and most occur in the nasal or nasopharyngeal region. They derive from natural killer cells or from a small subset of T cells that have granular cytoplasm containing molecules that mediate cytotoxic activity: TIA-1, granzyme B and perforin. Both types are closely associated with Epstein-Barr virus. METHODS: We report the pathologic,...
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