CUTANEOUS METASTASIS IN ABDOMINAL WALL FROM NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA OF ORAL CAVITY- A RARE PRESENTATION

Sanjay Kumar, Shilpi Bhargawa, Sweta Asati, *Namita Bhutani, Sant Prakash Kataria and Rajeev Sen

ABSTRACT

Lymphomas are malignant neoplasm of the lymphocyte cell lineages and are classified mainly as Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL).[1] Hodgkin’s lymphoma mostly presented as nodal disease, with a predilection for neck and mediastinal nodes. Approximate 40% NHL presents at an extranodal site.[2] NHL arise from tissues other than lymph nodes and from sites which do not contain any lymphoid tissue, referred to as primary extranodal lymphoma.[3] At least one-fourth of the lymphomas are extranodal origin.[3] Approximate 2% of these extranodal lymphoma may arise primarily in the oral cavity.[2] In the oral cavity, tongue, palate, gingiva, buccal mucosa, floor of the mouth and lips are the primary site of all extranodal lymphomas.[1] Peripheral extra nodal NHL is most common in older age group with male predominance.[1] B cell NHL in the most common lymphoma in oral cavity in nonimmunocompromised adult.[4] Most of the oral lymphoma is a component of a disseminated disease process which involve regional nodes.[2]

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