Type B immunophenotype mantle cell bilateral non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of palatine tonsils

G Mauricio Morales-Cadena; Lourdes Liliana Tapia-Álvarez; Thalia Rodríguez-Baca; Esmeraldina Rodríguez-García

2014, Number 4

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Otorrinolaringología 2014; 59 (4)

Type B immunophenotype mantle cell bilateral non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of palatine tonsils

Morales-Cadena GM, Tapia-Álvarez LL, Rodríguez-Baca T, Rodríguez-García E

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ABSTRACT

Lymphomas represent the second most frequent head and neck neoplasms, following squamous cell carcinoma. The most frequent extranodal site of presentation is Waldeyer’s ring, specifically at palatine tonsils. Type B immunophenotype large cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is the most common histologic kind, found in almost 90% tonsillar lymphomas. Mantle cell lymphoma accounts for a 3% frequency. Due to anatomic characteristics, bilateral tonsillar lymphoma is extremely