Analysis on misdiagnosis of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Waldeyer's ring
- VernacularTitle:韦氏环原发性非霍奇金淋巴瘤误诊分析
- Author:
Jianrong ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Waldeyer's ring;
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma;
Misdiagnosis;
neoplasms of pharynx
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
1986;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the cause of clinical and pathological misdiagnosis and the measures against misdiagnosis in cases with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Waldeyer's ring.Methods:The clincal data of ninty two patients with primary NHL in Waldeyer's ring admitted to our hospital in recent ten years were studied retrospectively.Results:Eighteen patients were misdiagnosed clinically and seventy two patients were misdiagnosed pathologically.18 cases were misdiagnosed both clinically and pathologically, with the average misdiagnosis rate of 2～3 times per case.The misdiagnosed diseases were chronic tonsillitis,tonsil vegetation,pharyngitis,lymphatic tissue hyperplasia,etc.All seventy-two patients were diagnosed as NHL finally.Conclusion:The patients with the primary NHL in Waldeyer's ring lack characterisic symptoms.Pathological manifestation is complicated.It is important to do biopsy exactly and diagnose early by immunohistochemical approaches.
