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ArticleLeukemia research reports2018

The fear of lymphadenopathy: A cautionary case of sarcoidosis masquerading as recurrent diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Peter D Whooley, Russell K Dorer, David M Aboulafia

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Article in Leukemia research reports, 2018. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pathogenetic Mechanisms Linking Sarcoidosis to Lymphoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter D WhooleyDivision of General Internal Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
Russell K DorerSection of Pathology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
David M AboulafiaFloyd & Delores Jones Cancer Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, United States.
Virginia Mason Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the cautionary case of a patient with advanced-stage large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). After combination chemotherapy, CT-PET revealed a persistent focus of likely DLBCL for which he received radiotherapy. Follow-up CT-PET showed diffuse hypermetabolic adenopathy and recurrent DLBCL was presumed. As part of clinical trial assessment, multiple biopsies showed non-caseating lymphadenitis consistent with sarcoidosis. No treatment for asymptomatic sarcoidosis was required and 18 months later he remains cancer-free. The presentation of sarcoidosis masquerading as recurrent DLBCL highlights the importance of tissue sampling prior to engaging in toxic and potentially life-threatening chemotherapy and the interesting link between DLBCL and sarcoidosis.

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphomaLymphadenopathySarcoidosis

Identifiers

PMID29892550
PMCPMC5993354
OpenAlexW2796792752

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