Primary Splenic Lymphoma Associated with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Complicated with Splenic Rupture
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Primary splenic lymphoma associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicated with splenic rupture.
Primary splenic lymphoma (PSL) is a rare disease with ambiguous definition, comprising less than 1% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Even rarer is PSL combined with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), which has presentations of fever, cytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, hyperferritinemia, and phagocytosis of hematopoietic cells in the reticuloendothelial system. We report the case of a 77-year-old m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1726-4901
DOI: 10.1016/s1726-4901(08)70106-0