Abstract

Background: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a systemic lymphoma. The invasion of the head and neck bone and skin by ALK+ ALCL is relatively uncommon in children.
Methods: We describe a 13-year-old boy diagnosed with ALK+ ALCL.
Results: He went a surgery of sampling biopsy procedure. Then the boy was treated with six cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma-Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster (NHL-BFM)-90 K3 arm. Then, he achieved partial remission (PR).
Conclusions: It is common for children to develop ALCL, which grows rapidly. Therefore, a sampling biopsy procedure and NHL-BFM-90 K3 were necessary for the patient.

DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2023.230338