Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, is an EBV-positive, aggressive lymphoma characterized by prominent necrosis, vascular damage, ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListAcadPatholv.6;Jan-Dec2019PMC6902387AcadPathol.2019Jan-Dec;6:2374289519893083.Publishedonline2019Dec9.doi: 10.1177/2374289519893083PMCID:PMC6902387PMID:31840047EducationalCase:ExtranodalNK/T-CellLymphoma,NasalTypeYueJia,MD,PhD,1JoshuaByers,MD,1HolliMason,MD,1andXinQing,MD,PhD1YueJia1DepartmentofPathology,Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter,Torrance,CA,USAFindarticlesbyYueJiaJoshuaByers1DepartmentofPathology,Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter,Torrance,CA,USAFindarticlesbyJoshuaByersHolliMason1DepartmentofPathology,Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter,Torrance,CA,USAFindarticlesbyHolliMasonXinQing1DepartmentofPathology,Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter,Torrance,CA,USAFindarticlesbyXinQingAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DepartmentofPathology,Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter,Torrance,CA,USAXinQing,DepartmentofPathology,Harbor-UCLAMedicalCenter,1000WestCarsonStreet,Torrance,CA90509,USA.Email:vog.ytnuocal.shd@gniqxReceived2019May30;Revised2019Oct24;Accepted2019Nov2.Copyright©TheAuthor(s)2019ThisarticleisdistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs4.0License(http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)whichpermitsnon-commercialuse,reproductionanddistributionoftheworkaspublishedwithoutadaptationoralteration,withoutfurtherpermissionprovidedtheoriginalworkisattributedasspecifiedontheSAGEandOpenAccesspages(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).ThefollowingfictionalcaseisintendedasalearningtoolwithinthePathologyCompetenciesforMedicalEducation(PCME),asetofnationalstandardsforteachingpathology.Thesearedividedintothreebasiccompetencies:DiseaseMechanismsandProcesses,OrganSystemPathology,andDiagnosticMedicineandTherapeuticPathology.Foradditionalinform