Plasmablastic Lymphoma Found on Autopsy in a Post-Transplant Patient

Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is an aggressive lymphoma often seen in immunodeficient patients. It can be a diagnostic challenge given its high-grade appearance and lack of staining for traditional B-cell markers. We present an interesting case of a 65-year-old African-American female who presented t...

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Autores principales: Abbas, Syed H, Goyal, Geetika, Noory, Mohammad A, Loo, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32542162
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8109
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description Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is an aggressive lymphoma often seen in immunodeficient patients. It can be a diagnostic challenge given its high-grade appearance and lack of staining for traditional B-cell markers. We present an interesting case of a 65-year-old African-American female who presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of progressively worsening weakness, fatigue, and dizziness for one month, and dark-colored urine for three days. The patient's medical history was remarkable for a renal and pancreatic transplant in 2008.
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spelling pubmed-72927212020-06-14 Plasmablastic Lymphoma Found on Autopsy in a Post-Transplant Patient Abbas, Syed H Goyal, Geetika Noory, Mohammad A Loo, Abraham Cureus Pathology Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is an aggressive lymphoma often seen in immunodeficient patients. It can be a diagnostic challenge given its high-grade appearance and lack of staining for traditional B-cell markers. We present an interesting case of a 65-year-old African-American female who presented to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of progressively worsening weakness, fatigue, and dizziness for one month, and dark-colored urine for three days. The patient's medical history was remarkable for a renal and pancreatic transplant in 2008. Cureus 2020-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7292721/ /pubmed/32542162 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8109 Text en Copyright © 2020, Abbas et al. http://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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Plasmablastic Lymphoma Found on Autopsy in a Post-Transplant Patient
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title_fullStr Plasmablastic Lymphoma Found on Autopsy in a Post-Transplant Patient
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title_short Plasmablastic Lymphoma Found on Autopsy in a Post-Transplant Patient
title_sort plasmablastic lymphoma found on autopsy in a post-transplant patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292721/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8109
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