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ArticleOral and maxillofacial surgery2008

Massive swelling of the cervical region: an uncommon manifestation of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Stephan T Becker, Jörg Wiltfang, Wolfram Klapper, Roland Repp, Nektarios Sinis, Patrick H Warnke

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Article in Oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stephan T BeckerDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 16, 24105, Kiel, Germany. becker@mkg.uni-kiel.de
Jörg Wiltfang
Wolfram Klapper
Roland Repp
Nektarios Sinis
Patrick H Warnke
Kiel University · DEFachhochschule Kiel · DEUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

case reportWe report about a 61-year-old woman who attended our Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery complaining about an increasing swelling of her neck over a period of several years and asking for possible plastic surgery options. Further examinations lead us to the diagnosis of an uncommon manifestation of chronic B cell lymphoma. We suggest that plastic surgeons may refer to magnetic resonance tomography imaging and blood cell counts prior to liposuction of a massive swelling of the neck. DISCUSSION: Accurate reduction of adipose tissue in the obese patient is a common field for plastic surgeons. Thus, liposuction has become a standard regimen to treat adipose swelling. But there may be exceptions to the rule. In this case report, we present an uncommon manifestation of a chronic lymphocytic leukemia which showed a massive soft swelling of the whole neck, mimicking Madelung's disease.

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Adipose TissueAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCyclophosphamideDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLeukemia, B-CellLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellLipectomyLipomatosis, Multiple SymmetricalLymph NodesMiddle AgedNeckVidarabineCyclophosphamidefludarabineVidarabine

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PMID18688662
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