PRIMARY EXTRANODAL CD30-POSITIVE T-CELL NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA OF THE ORAL-MUCOSA - REPORT OF 2 CASES

CD30-positive extranodal T-cell lymphomas predominantly occur in the s kin, and they are characterized by a rather indolent course with spont aneous regression of individual lesions. Their occurrence in the oral mucosa is rare and not well documented. Two cases are reported, one oc curring in the oral mucosa in a 61-year-old man and originally present ing as a multifocal eosinophilic ulcer of the mucous membrane, and the other one mimicking periodontitis, occurring in the maxillary gingiva of a 75-year-old woman.