Concomitant primary polycythemia vera and follicle center cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A case report and review of the literature

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2217-2220

  Rizzi, Rita ^a   Liso, Arcangelo ^b   Pannunzio, Alessandra ^a   Carluccio, Paola ^a   Specchia, Giorgina ^c   Liso, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Concomitant occurrence; Follicle center cell non Hodgkin lymphoma; Lymphoproliferative disorders; Polycythemia vera

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ASPARAGINASE; BCR ABL PROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; HYDROXYUREA; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNIMUSTINE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; TENIPOSIDE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 20; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MEDLINE; MYELOFIBROSIS; MYELOID METAPLASIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; TRISOMY 8; CELL CLONE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SECOND CANCER;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0036839083     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819021000016113     Document Type: Article

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