Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: Successful initial treatment with prednisolone and cyclosporin A

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-24

  Tsukamoto, Yuka ^a   Katsunobu, Yoshioka ^a   Omura, Yoko ^a   Maeda, Isseki ^a   Hirai, Manabu ^a   Teshima, Hirofumi ^a   Konishi, Yoshio ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Hemophagocytosis; Subcutaneous panniculitis like T cell lymphoma; Weber Christian disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EYELID EDEMA; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INDONESIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PANNICULITIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; SKIN BIOPSY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; PANNICULITIS; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 32144464382     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1433     Document Type: Article

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