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Otolaryngologists are frequently involved in the diagnosis of lymphoma and a quarter of all extranodal lymphomas occur in the head and neck.
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Signs and symptoms
Lymphoma may be nodal or extranodal. Common symptoms include the following:- Nodal presentation of HL Hodgkin lymphoma - 1 or more small-to-medium, rubbery lymph nodes in the neck, which may wax or wane in size but grow over time
- NHL non Hodgkin lymphoma- Mass in the oropharynx or nasopharynx
- Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type - Ulcerative destructive lesion of the nose, sinuses, and face
- Lymphoma in the thyroid - Neck swelling, hoarseness, dysphagia, or neck pressure/tenderness
- Constitutional symptoms (B symptoms) - These may occur in up to one third of patients with lymphoma
