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ArticleBioMed research international2018

Small Cell Variant of Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Highlighting a Potentially Fatal and Easily Missed Diagnosis.

Mahboubeh Rahmani, Stephanie Halene, Mina L Xu

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Article in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Intravascular Large B Cell Lymphoma of the Breast: A Rare Entity.Breast cancer : basic and clinical research · 2021
    Article
  4. Post-mortem diagnosis of intravascular large B-cell lymphoma.The Journal of international medical research · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mahboubeh RahmaniDepartment of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7766-3131
Stephanie HaleneDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hematology Division, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Mina L XuDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University · USHarvard University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextIntravascular large B-cell lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma with a poor prognosis. While typically described as comprising large atypical cells restricted to the lumina of small blood vessels, it can show variability in cell size.

objectiveTo report the clinicopathologic features of the IVLBCL with small cell morphology and discuss the practical implications of our findings.

designWe searched our archives for all IVLBCL diagnosed in our institution for the last 25 years (1992-2017). Slides were reviewed independently by two hematopathologists.

resultsWe found a total of 11 cases of IVLBCL. Bone marrow, brain, lymph node, pericardium, small bowel, and fallopian tube and ovary were the organs in which the lymphoma was initially diagnosed. One of the cases initially diagnosed in the marrow showed intrasinusoidal involvement by a small cell lymphoma; the diagnosis was confirmed by random skin biopsies showing intravascular large cells with the same phenotype. Retrospective review of the liver on this case also showed the intrasinusoidal involvement by the disease consisting of small cells. In another case, IVLBCL that was initially diagnosed in a small bowel biopsy was retrospectively found in a breast biopsy, but with small cell morphology.

conclusionsOur findings suggest that, in the presence of high clinical suspicion, IVLBCL should be high in the differential diagnosis when lymphoma is predominantly intravascular, even when the tumor cells are small. A timely diagnosis of this entity can be critical. Hence, awareness of a small cell variant of IVLBCL should be increased.

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