Table 1.
Clinical features of anaplastic large cell lymphoma with oral involvement reported in the English-language literature and the present cases
| Author | Age/gender | Location | Clinical features | Radiographic findings | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takahashi et al. [3] | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Hicks et al. [4] | 36/M | Retromolar trigone | Mass with ulcerated surface | Diffuse radiolucency with poorly margins | DOD |
| 42/M | Retromolar trigone | Enlargement surrounding a crateriform ulcer | NR | DOD | |
| Willard et al. [5] | 12/F | Gingiva | Scaly, swollen, and bleeding gingival surface | Bone resorption causing teeth displacement | NED |
| Papadimitriou et al. [6] | 12/M | Hard palate | Mass involving palate, nasal cavity and orbit | NR | NR |
| Rosenberg et al. [7] | 75/F | Upper gingiva | Periodontitis and redness of the gingiva | Bone resorption adjacent to teeth 11, 12 and 13 | NR |
| 61/M | Lower gingiva | Well-delimited ulceration | NR | NR | |
| Chandu et al. [8] | 48/M | Upper lip | Firm swelling lesion | NR | NR |
| Chim et al. [9] | 76/F | Upper lip | Swelling with a well delimited ulceration | NR | NED |
| Born et al. [10] | 65/F | Hard palate, buccal mucosa, and floor of the mouth | Well-delimited ulceration | NR | DOD |
| Savarrio et al. [11] | 77/M | Soft palate | Mass with ulceration | NR | NED |
| Notani et al. [12] | 77/Ma | Tongue | Nodular lesion with ulceration | Low density mass | NED |
| Matsumoto et al. [13] | 76/F | Upper and lower gingiva | Gingival swelling | Bone resorption | NED |
| Grandhi et al. [14] | 34/F | Upper gingiva | Ulcerated mass with erythematous border | NR | NED |
| 53/M | Tongue | Mass with ulcerated area | NR | NR | |
| Rozza de Menezes et al. [15] | 57/M | Gingiva | Lobulated and pedunculated reddish nodule with bleeding | Bone resorption | DOD |
| Wang et al. [16] | 23/M | Upper lip | NR | NR | NED |
| 72/F | Lower left gingiva | NR | NR | NED | |
| 74/M | Lower left gingiva | NR | NR | NED | |
| 60/M | Soft palate | NR | NR | NED | |
| 57/M | Lower right gingiva | NR | NR | NED | |
| 56/M | Ventral tongue | NR | NR | NED | |
| 45/M | Frenulum linguae | NR | NR | NED | |
| 47/M | Ventral tongue | NR | NR | NED | |
| 52/F | Upper right gingiva | NR | NR | NED | |
| 43/F | Lower right gingiva | NR | NR | NED | |
| 67/M | Lower lip | NR | NR | NED | |
| Narwal et al. [17] | 48/M | Hard palate | Rapidly enlarging swelling | Bone resorption | NED |
| Lapthanasupkul et al. [18] | 55/F | Hard palate | Lobulated mass | Osteolytic lesion | AWD |
| Meconi et al. [19] | 40/M | Hard palate | Erythematous nodule | NR | NED |
| Present cases | 88/M | Alveolar ridge | Multilobular ulcerated swelling showing reddish a | Discrete well-defined superficial bone resorption | DOD |
| 18 Ma | Submandibular region and floor of the mouth | Painful ulcerated swelling | Hyperdense area | NED | |
| 51/M | Alveolar ridge | Ulcerated bleeding mass | Well-defined osteolytic lesion | AWD | |
| 22/Fa | Hard palate | Ulcerated reddish mass | Hyperdense image | DOD |
M male, F female, NR not reported, DOD dead of disease, NED no evidence of disease, AWD alive with disease
aALK positive