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ArticleCureus2022

A Favorable Outcome of Grade 3 Follicular Lymphoma Treated With Surgery and Obinutuzumab Combined With Chemotherapy: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Erinie Mekheal, Brooke E Kania, Sherif Roman, Nader Mekheal, Vinod Kumar, Leena Bondili, Michael Maroules

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erinie MekhealInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Brooke E KaniaInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Sherif RomanInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Nader MekhealInternal Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Vinod KumarHematology and Oncology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Leena BondiliInternal Medicine and Hematology, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Michael MaroulesHematology and Oncology, St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Follicular lymphoma is the most common type of low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the second most common type of lymphoma. Primary extranodal follicular lymphoma is rare compared with nodular follicular lymphoma involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. There has been uncertainty regarding follicular lymphomas due to the heterogeneous presentation and severity in which they present. However, studies showed that patients diagnosed with primary gastrointestinal follicular lymphoma do not typically differ in their presentation from those diagnosed with nodular follicular lymphoma involving the GI tract. Furthermore, recent literature identifies that patients diagnosed with grade 3 follicular lymphoma tend to have similar genetic and molecular entities to those diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Based on these results, current studies have shown that patients with grade 3 follicular lymphoma who are treated with anthracycline-based regimens have similar outcomes to those with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. However, additional studies are warranted to demonstrate the benefit of managing grade 3 follicular lymphoma with more aggressive anthracycline/rituximab-based regimens. Here, we present a case of a 44-year-old male diagnosed with grade 3 follicular lymphoma involving the gastrointestinal tract, who demonstrated an excellent treatment response following therapy similar to the treatment of bulky diffuse large B-cell lymphoma despite a tumor burden size below 7.5 cm.

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grade 3intestinal lymphomanon-bulky dlbclo-chopprimary follicular lymphomar-chop

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