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CD3+/CD56+ EBV+ neoplasms in the nose and upper aerodigestive tract: potential misdiagnosis of plasma cell malignancies as NK/T cell lymphoma

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Rex Au-Yeung & Florence Loong

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

    Yok-Lam Kwong

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Rex Au-Yeung: histopathological diagnosis, manuscript writing, and approval

Florence Loong: histopathologic diagnosis, manuscript writing, and approval

Yok-Lam Kwong: patient treatment, data analysis, manuscript writing, and approval

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Au-Yeung, R., Loong, F. & Kwong, YL. CD3+/CD56+ EBV+ neoplasms in the nose and upper aerodigestive tract: potential misdiagnosis of plasma cell malignancies as NK/T cell lymphoma. Ann Hematol 100, 1101–1104 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04228-7

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