Joseph Alburqueque-Melgarejo, School of Human Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Perú
Brady Beltrán-Gárate, School of Human Medicine, Research Department, Institute for Research in Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Ricardo Palma; Medical Oncology Service, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins; Lima, Perú
Eugenio A. Palomino-Portilla, School of Human Medicine, Research Institute in Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú; Department of Pathological Anatomy, Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Hospital, Lima, Perú;
Ma. del Pilar Quiñones-Ávila, Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Perú; Department of Pathological Anatomy, Edgardo Rebagliati Martins Hospital, Lima, Perú
Luis Villela, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Sin., Mexico; Hospital Fernando Ocaranza, ISSSTE, Mexico, City, Mexico; Hospital Ignacio Chávez, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado de Sonora (ISSSTESON), Hermosillo, Son., Mexico
Jorge J. Castillo, Division of Hematological Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA., USA
Jhony A. De la Cruz-Vargas, School of Human Medicine, Research Institute in Biomedical Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú
Nasal-type extranodal natural killer (NK)/T cell lymphoma is a rare type of highly aggressive lymphoma, accounting for approximately 10% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas and 30% of extranodal lymphomas. This article discusses the case of a patient who presented multiple ulcerative lesions in the lower extremities, whose biopsy revealed an extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma, which presented a good response after six cycles of chemotherapy with the dexamethasone 4 mg, asparaginase 10,000 IU, cisplatin 50 mg, and gemcitabine 1 g (DGGP) regimen. The rarity of this case lies in the potential of this entity to mimic other dermatological pathologies.
