Table 1 Summary of patients with adrenal NK/T cell lymphoma
Authors | Year | Age | Sex | Organs invasion | Bilateral or unilateral | Type of specimen | Treatment | Survival | EBV positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunning et al. [1] | 2009 | 65 | male | Bone marrow | unilateral | CT-guided biopsy | High-dose intravenous dexamethasone | (Died) few days after the final pathologic diagnosis | Yes |
Thompson et al. [2] | 2007 | 35 | male | None | bilateral | Adrenalectomy | Surgery and chemotherapy (CHOP) | (Died) 90 days after the final pathologic diagnosis | Yes |
Mizoguchi et al. [3] | 2005 | 17 | male | No mention | bilateral | Autopsy specimen | Immunosuppression therapy or plasma exchange | (Died) 4 days after admission | Yes |
Toba et al. [4] | 2008 | 76 | female | Nasal, pleura | bilateral | Biopsy of the nasal tumor | Chemotherapy (THP-COP) | (Died) 60 days after admission | No |
Nagireddy et al. [5] | 2011 | 70 | male | Meninges, left middle cranial fossa, paranasal sinus, breast, lungs, pleura, kidney, and prostate | bilateral | CT-guided biopsy | Chemotherapy (CHOP) | (Died) one month later while on hospice | Yes |
Kang et al. [6] | 2011 | 29 | male | Multiple cervical, mediastinal and abdominal lymph nodes | bilateral | Excisional biopsy of cervical lymph nodes | Chemotherapy (ifosfamide, methotrexate, etoposide and prednisolone) | (Died) 59 days after his first admission | No mention |
Jin et al. [7] | 2005 | 37 | male | Oral cavity, pharyngel, spleen, lymph nodes | bilateral | None | Chemotherapy (CHOP) | (Died) 21 days after admission | No mention |
Our case | 2014 | 28 | male | Kidney | unilateral | Adrenalectomy | Surgery, chemotherapy (CHOP) and radiotherapy | (Alive) 26 months after treatment | Yes |