Tuberculosis hiding a non-Hodgkin lymphoma “there may be more to this than meets the eye”
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Tuberculosis hiding a non-Hodgkin lymphoma “there may be more to this than meets the eye”
Tuberculosis and lymphoma can share common features. We report the case of a non-HIV 60-year old man diagnosed with a severe form of disseminated tuberculosis in whom the atypical course of the disease under treatment led to investigations that unveiled the coexistence a non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This rare association has putative pathophysiological foundations. This justifies to raise the lymphoma...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2213-0071
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2012.10.002