Ultrasound features of primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the palatine tonsil:A case report

作     者：Ru Jiang Hong-Mei Zhang Lin-Ying Wang Lin-Ping Pian Xin-Wu Cui 

作者机构：The Third Clinical Medical College of Henan University of Chinese MedicineHenan University of Chinese MedicineZhengzhou 450000Henan ProvinceChina Department of UltrasoundThe First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese MedicineZhengzhou 450000Henan ProvinceChina Department of Medical UltrasoundTongji HospitalTongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan 430030Hubei ProvinceChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2021年第9卷第28期

页      面：8470-8475页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Ultrasound Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Palatine tonsil Case report 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Lymphomas are the second most common malignancy of the head and *** this region,the vast majority of extranodal lymphomas are located in the palatine tonsil,accounting for about 51%.Tonsillar lymphomas are aggressive tumors with intermediate-or high-grade *** here report a case of primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the palatine tonsil and analyze its ultrasound *** SUMMARY A 40-year-old man presented with right palatine tonsil swelling for 2 mo after a cold,accompanied by dysphagia,snoring,and *** had no sore throat,fever,or history of upper respiratory tract infection or *** patient was generally in good health and denied other *** was diagnosed with acute tonsillitis initially and treated with antibiotics for 7 ***,there was no improvement with the *** biopsy and ultrasound-guided biopsy of the biggest lymph node of the right neck showed the typical pathology of non-Hodgkin *** Primary lymphoma of the tonsils is rare,and its diagnosis is ***-trasound is a useful modality in diagnosing oropharyngeal diseases,and can clearly show the features of this tumor,but the final diagnosis should be estab-lished by histology.