Educational Case: Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type

Yue Jia; Joshua Byers; Holli Mason; Xin Qing

doi:10.1177/2374289519893083

Educational Case: Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type

Acad Pathol. 2019 Dec 9:6:2374289519893083. doi: 10.1177/2374289519893083. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Yue Jia¹, Joshua Byers¹, Holli Mason¹, Xin Qing¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: T cells; classification of leukemia and lymphoma; hematopathology—white cell disorders; lymphoma; nasal type; natural killer cells; organ system pathology; pathology competencies.