A diagnostic dilemma in a patient with lymphoma

We report the case of a 49-year-old man with a diagnosis of gastric diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, treated with two lines of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, and presented about 3 months after completing therapy with recurrent episodes of epigastric pain, gastrointestinal (G...

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Autores principales: Shah, Kajal, Prabhash, Kumar, Noronha, Vanita, Patil, Prachi, Desai, Sangeeta, Joshi, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049301
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116197
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author Shah, Kajal
Prabhash, Kumar
Noronha, Vanita
Patil, Prachi
Desai, Sangeeta
Joshi, Amit
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description We report the case of a 49-year-old man with a diagnosis of gastric diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, treated with two lines of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, and presented about 3 months after completing therapy with recurrent episodes of epigastric pain, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Computed tomography scan, positron emission tomography scan, and upper GI endoscopy revealed gastric wall thickening and lymphadenopathy. Biopsy and histopathology ultimately revealed Strongyloides stercoralis infection that was mimicking disease recurrence. Opportunistic parasitic infections represent one of the major challenges in the management of cancer patients.
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spelling pubmed-37647302013-09-18 A diagnostic dilemma in a patient with lymphoma Shah, Kajal Prabhash, Kumar Noronha, Vanita Patil, Prachi Desai, Sangeeta Joshi, Amit Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Case Report We report the case of a 49-year-old man with a diagnosis of gastric diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, treated with two lines of chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy, and presented about 3 months after completing therapy with recurrent episodes of epigastric pain, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Computed tomography scan, positron emission tomography scan, and upper GI endoscopy revealed gastric wall thickening and lymphadenopathy. Biopsy and histopathology ultimately revealed Strongyloides stercoralis infection that was mimicking disease recurrence. Opportunistic parasitic infections represent one of the major challenges in the management of cancer patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3764730/ /pubmed/24049301 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116197 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049301
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.116197
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