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78th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

16.05. - 20.05.2007, Munich

Primary cutane manifestation of a precursor-B-lymphoblastic lymphoma in the external ear

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  • corresponding author Jens Greve - Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery ,Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • author Murat Bas - Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • author Thomas K. Hoffmann - Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. 78th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Munich, 16.-20.05.2007. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2007. Doc07hno083

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Published: August 8, 2007

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A Non-Hodkin Lymphoma (NHL) represents nearly three percent of all malignant tumors. Thirty to fourty percent of the lymphomas are located extra-nodal. Within the head and neck region they might occur in the tonsils, tongue base or the sinuses, the larynx and the pharynx. A cutaneous manifestation is rare. We report on an extranodal B-cell-lymphoma of the ear in a young woman. She reported on a piercing of the pinna months before with a subsequent infection. This infection led to the development of a massive ear tumor. Histologic examination resulted in the final diagnosis. In spite of the considerable extent of the lymphoma there was no systemic manifestation and a total remission was induced by chemotherapy before adjuvant radiation.