NK/T Lymphoma of Nasal-Type in a Patient with an HIV Infection

Abstract

The NK/T lymphoma of nasal-type it’s a rare disease, presented more frequently in men between the ages of 50 and 60 years old [3], they represents almost 6-7 % of all nonhodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and it’s mostly found in regions like the Southeast of Asia, this percentage changes in the United States reaching 1.5%, in Mexico there has been reports of a high prevalence in respect to other regions, nevertheless more precise statistics are needed [4,5] .