Long-term survival by surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy in a patient with perforated extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma of the small intestine: a retrospective case study

Abstract Background Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKL) of the small intestine, is a disease with extremely poor prognosis. We describe treatment in a case which is novel in that it demonstrated long-term survival. Case presentation A 68-year-old man was admitted to the emer...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Funaki, Naomi Nojima, Yutaka Takikawa, Kazutoshi Komori, Hajime Hasegawa, Tomoyuki Sakai, Sohsuke Yamada, Yasufumi Masaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-06-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-023-01688-7