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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Le, Elizabeth N., BS
• Gerstenblith, Meg R., MD
• Gelber, Allan C., MD
• Manno, Rebecca L., MD
• Ranasinghe, Padmini D., MD, MPH
• Sweren, Ronald J., MD
• McGirt, Laura Y., MD

Titel

The use of blind skin biopsy in the diagnosis of intravascular B-cell lymphoma

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2008-07, Vol.59 (1), p.148-151

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Mosby, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Intravascular B-cell lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is characterized by a clonal proliferation of lymphoblasts within small blood vessels. Patients present with nonspecific symptoms and are often only given a diagnosis at autopsy. We report a case of intravascular B-cell lymphoma, characterized by pyrexia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and mental status decline, without obvious cutaneous manifestations, that was diagnosed with blind skin biopsy.