Cerebral vasculitis associated with hairy cell leukemia
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Vasculitis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia.
A 70 year-old man with a known anti-HCV positivity for 3 years was admitted with high fever, severe burning pain and palpable purpura on the lower extremities (Picture). For the work-up of leukopenia and splenomegaly, bone marrow biopsy was performed and hairy cell leukemia (HCL) was diagnosed. Punch biopsy of the vasculitic lesions revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis. HCV-RNA and cryoglobulin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19871215)60:12<3025::aid-cncr2820601228>3.0.co;2-j