Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma in the Neck: CT Findings of Lymph Node Involvement
J.W. Choia,
S.S. Kima,b,
E.Y. Kima,c and
M. Herand
a Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
b Department of Radiology, Kangwon National University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea
c Department of Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
d Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital & Health Science Centre, Vancouver, Canada

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Fig 1. A 21-year-old woman with nasal type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Axial CT scans show an irregular-walled necrotic enlarged lymph node with an ill-defined margin in the right level II (arrow).
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Fig 2. A 72-year-old man with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Axial CT scans show necrotic, smooth-walled lymphadenopathy with a well-defined margin at right level II (arrow).
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Fig 3. A 55-year-old man with peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified. Axial CT scans reveal heterogeneously enhanced enlarged lymph nodes in the internal jugular chain bilaterally (level II) (arrows). These nodes measure 1.6 cm in minimum axial diameter and have also been palpated abnormally for 6 months and have increased in size.
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