Primary lacrimal sac B-cell immunoblastic lymphoma simulating an acute dacryocystitis

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Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-175

  De Palma, Paolo ^a,b   Ravalli, Luca ^a   Modestino, Roberto ^a   Grisanti, Filippo ^a   Casillo, Francesco ^a   Marzola, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

B cell immunoblastic lymphoma; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Lacrimal sac tumor; Non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; VINDESINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; LACRIMAL SAC; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; DACRYOCYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, IMMUNOBLASTIC;

EID: 0041703416     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/orbi.22.3.171.15620     Document Type: Article

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