A Case of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma and the Difficulties of Diagnosis

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare and aggressive form of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). It can present with signs and symptoms that have broad differentials, including fevers, night sweats, and skin rashes. In this case report, we present an interesting case of a young male of...

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Autores principales: Koifman, Michelle, Tai, Waqqas, Castro, Daniel, Ahluwalia, Amith, Liu, Yingxian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790031
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44566
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author Koifman, Michelle
Tai, Waqqas
Castro, Daniel
Ahluwalia, Amith
Liu, Yingxian
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description Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare and aggressive form of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). It can present with signs and symptoms that have broad differentials, including fevers, night sweats, and skin rashes. In this case report, we present an interesting case of a young male of Nigerian descent with recently treated malaria who presented with such symptoms and a picture that was complicated, due to an inconclusive excisional biopsy for lymphoma. He was later diagnosed with AITL. Given the patient’s recent exposure to malaria, we will discuss the potential role malaria has in the development of AITL. 
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spelling pubmed-105448702023-10-03 A Case of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma and the Difficulties of Diagnosis Koifman, Michelle Tai, Waqqas Castro, Daniel Ahluwalia, Amith Liu, Yingxian Cureus Internal Medicine Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare and aggressive form of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). It can present with signs and symptoms that have broad differentials, including fevers, night sweats, and skin rashes. In this case report, we present an interesting case of a young male of Nigerian descent with recently treated malaria who presented with such symptoms and a picture that was complicated, due to an inconclusive excisional biopsy for lymphoma. He was later diagnosed with AITL. Given the patient’s recent exposure to malaria, we will discuss the potential role malaria has in the development of AITL.  Cureus 2023-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10544870/ /pubmed/37790031 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44566 Text en Copyright © 2023, Koifman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Koifman, Michelle
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Castro, Daniel
Ahluwalia, Amith
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A Case of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma and the Difficulties of Diagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544870/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44566
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