Unusual case of subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-118

  Wells, Jillian ^a,b   Kosky, Christopher A ^a   Scolyer, Richard A ^a   Lee, Stephen ^a   Bye, Peter T P ^a   Young, Graham A R ^a   Davies, Leo ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia; Haemophagocytic syndrome; Mononeuropathies; Subcutaneous panniculitic T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MULTIPLE CANCER; PANCYTOPENIA; PANNICULITIS; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RELAPSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS PANNICULITIS LIKE T CELL LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PANNICULITIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 2342495315     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2004.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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