Suspected Malignant Lymphoma Presenting with Widespread Granulomatous Lesions in Bones and Lymph Nodes and Responding to Combination Chemotherapy

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-241

  Jensen, Morten Krogh ^a   Pulezynski, Stanislaw ^a   Johansen, Preben ^b  

^a Departements of Haematology   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Granulomatous disease; Hodgkin rsquo; s disease; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE AND BONES; CHLORAMBUCIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0029808725     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203791     Document Type: Article

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