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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 187-189 |
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Primary extra nodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the oral cavity in a young girl
Ponnurangam N Vinoth1, Sathyamoorthi Muthamil Selvan1, Latika Sahni1, Kannan Krishnaratnam2, Swaminathan Rajendiran3, Chidambaram Vishwanath Anand4, Julius X Scott1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Medical Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
4 Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Julius X Scott
Department of Pediatrics, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-5950.111377
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Primary Non Hodgkin s Lymphoma (NHL) usually arises within the lymphnodes, but 20-30% account for extra nodal sites. Oral cavity, as a primary extra nodal site for NHL, is relatively rare and diverse in presentation, response to therapy and prognosis. We report a 14 year old adolescent girl who presented with multiple gingival swellings, the most prominent one being in the right anterior maxilla. Gingival biopsy showed NHL- diffuse large B cell type. Child was completely cured with chemotherapy and now she is in complete remission and under regular follow up. |
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