Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can arise in both lymph nodes and extranodal sites. DLBCLs rarely present in the soft tissue of the upper extremity. We report a case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with a large left upper arm mass and underwent surgical resection under the presumptive dia...

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Autores principales: Siddiqui, Raheel S, Ferman, Debra, Tuli, Sandeep, Kemeny, M. Margaret
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8270068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277209
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15588
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author Siddiqui, Raheel S
Ferman, Debra
Tuli, Sandeep
Kemeny, M. Margaret
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description Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can arise in both lymph nodes and extranodal sites. DLBCLs rarely present in the soft tissue of the upper extremity. We report a case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with a large left upper arm mass and underwent surgical resection under the presumptive diagnosis of sarcoma but the final pathology showed DLBCL. Sarcomas are common malignant tumors of the soft tissue of the extremities, but lymphomas also occasionally present as a soft tissue mass. It is important to keep lymphomas in mind in order to avoid unnecessary surgical excisions.
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spelling pubmed-82700682021-07-15 Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma Siddiqui, Raheel S Ferman, Debra Tuli, Sandeep Kemeny, M. Margaret Cureus Internal Medicine Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can arise in both lymph nodes and extranodal sites. DLBCLs rarely present in the soft tissue of the upper extremity. We report a case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with a large left upper arm mass and underwent surgical resection under the presumptive diagnosis of sarcoma but the final pathology showed DLBCL. Sarcomas are common malignant tumors of the soft tissue of the extremities, but lymphomas also occasionally present as a soft tissue mass. It is important to keep lymphomas in mind in order to avoid unnecessary surgical excisions. Cureus 2021-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8270068/ /pubmed/34277209 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15588 Text en Copyright © 2021, Siddiqui 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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Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma
title Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma
title_full Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma
title_fullStr Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma
title_full_unstemmed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma
title_short Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Left Upper Extremity Mimicking a Sarcoma
title_sort diffuse large b-cell lymphoma of the left upper extremity mimicking a sarcoma
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8270068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34277209
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15588
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