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ReviewPathology oncology research : POR2021

Case Report: Spontaneous Remission of an Infraorbital Follicular B-Cell Lymphoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Maxime Peeters, Joris Geusens, Fréderic Van der Cruyssen, Lucienne Michaux, Laurence de Leval, Thomas Tousseyn, Peter Vandenberghe, Constantinus Politis

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Review in Pathology oncology research : POR, 2021. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 54% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Spontaneous and transitory remission of follicular lymphoma in patient with SARS-COV-2Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maxime PeetersDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Joris GeusensDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Fréderic Van der CruyssenDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lucienne MichauxDepartment of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Laurence de LevalDepartment of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Thomas TousseynDepartment of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Peter VandenbergheDepartment of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Constantinus PolitisDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin lymphomas comprise a heterogeneous group of malignancies, with a wide scope of clinical, radiological and histological presentations. In this paper, a case is presented of a 59-year-old white male with an infraorbital follicular B-cell lymphoma, which appeared as a painless mass in the left cheek. The lymphoma achieved spontaneous remission five and a half months after his diagnostic incision biopsy. The literature is reviewed, focusing on this rare site of presentation and spontaneous remission. In literature, only four cases have been reported with a follicular B-cell lymphoma of the cheek or infraorbital region, and only 26 cases of spontaneous remission of an extracranial non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the head and neck region have been described. To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first time spontaneous remission of an infraorbital follicular lymphoma could be observed. The nature of the processes inducing spontaneous remission remains obscure. It is important to recognize this phenomenon as this might prevent unnecessary treatment.

Indexed as

HumansLymphoma, B-CellLymphoma, FollicularMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRemission, Spontaneouscase reportscheekfollicular lymphomahead and neck neoplasmsspontaneous remission

Identifiers

PMID34257608
PMCPMC8262163
OpenAlexW3154142930

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