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This report describes two cases, one that of a 34-year-old man who was diagnosed with epididymal tuberculosis because of fever, progressive epididymal enlargement, positive T-cell Spot Test(T-SPOT), and epididymal magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) suggesting possible epididymal tuberculosis. He was treated with anti-tuberculosis therapy for 1 month, but the patient\u2019s epididymis continued to grow. Needle biopsy pathology and immunochemical examination showed an epididymal NK\/T cell lymphoma, which gradually shrank after chemotherapy. Meanwhile, a 77-year-old female patient was reported who was diagnosed with adrenal tuberculosis because of fever, night sweats, abdominal pain, positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold(QFT) test, and adrenal tuberculosis detected by positron emission tomography\/computed tomography(PET\/CT). She received anti-tuberculosis treatment for 2 weeks, but her symptoms were not improved. Biopsy pathology and immunochemical examination showed adrenal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which deteriorated rapidly after chemotherapy and she finally died. In this report, epididymal NK\/T cell lymphoma and adrenal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma are rare, and the disease develops rapidly. The diagnosis depends on pathological morphology and immunohistochemistry. 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