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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma in a young immunocompetent man.

Maja Petrova, Manuel Mendes Gomes, Jose Pedro Nascimento Carda, José Pereira de Moura

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maja PetrovaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Manuel Mendes GomesDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jose Pedro Nascimento CardaDepartment of Haematology, University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
José Pereira de MouraDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
University of Coimbra · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL) is a rare, aggressive type of peripheral T-cell lymphoma that is characterised by extranodal disease, with infiltration and proliferation of malignant T-cells within the liver, spleen and bone marrow. The authors report the case of a young immunocompetent man, who was admitted to the hospital with a history of prolonged, unexplained fever, fatigue and weight loss. Initial blood work showed mild pancytopaenia and imaging studies revealed hepatosplenomegaly. The diagnosis was challenging, initially mimicking infectious disease, and it required an extensive investigation that ultimately revealed the characteristic clinical, histopathological and cytogenetic features of HSTCL. The clinical course was aggressive, and despite multiagent chemotherapy, the patient died 4 months after the diagnosis. This case highlights the difficulty of diagnosing HSTCL and the importance of considering it in a differential diagnosis of hepatosplenomegaly in young men who present with constitutional symptoms and no lymphadenopathy.

Indexed as

Bone MarrowDiagnosis, DifferentialFatigueFeverHumansImmunophenotypingLeukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-CellLiverLiver NeoplasmsLymphoma, T-CellMalePancytopeniaSpleenSplenic Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID27033291
PMCPMC4840752
OpenAlexW2328510186

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