[A case of nasal NK/T cell lymphoma in Africa].

Introduction: Nasal NK/T cell lymphoma is an aggressive, locally destructive and necrotizing lesions. It is exceptional rare in Africa.

Case Report: We report a 73 year-old patient's case presenting a nasal obstruction with a chronic purulent nasal discharge.

Protein energy malnutrition revealing an esophageal foreign body.

It is not unusual for a foreign body to be swallowed and be lodged in the esophagus. It is however, very unusual for such a foreign body to remain lodged for a period of 8 months. This particular case, a 15-month-old male infant, is under focus because of the time length the foreign body remained in the esophagus without local complications, what is unusual is a protein energy malnutrition complication.