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Peripheral blood hemophagocytosis in an unusual lymphoma

We describe a patient with fever, pancytopenia, and hepato-splenomegaly associated with the finding of neoplastic lymphoid cells and histiocytes with hemophagocytosis in the peripheral smear; the diagnostic features were suggestive for a biological overlap between a large B-cell lymphoma with intrav...

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Autores principales: Fragasso, Alberto, Mannarella, Clara, Ciancio, Angela, Scarciolla, Oronzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4317203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25678965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.124
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Sumario:We describe a patient with fever, pancytopenia, and hepato-splenomegaly associated with the finding of neoplastic lymphoid cells and histiocytes with hemophagocytosis in the peripheral smear; the diagnostic features were suggestive for a biological overlap between a large B-cell lymphoma with intravascular involvement and the Asian variant of intravascular B-cell lymphoma.