Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma misdiagnosed as lupus erythematosus panniculitis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-246

  Gonzalez, Estrella Garcia ^a,b   Selvi, Enrico ^a   Lorenzini, Sauro ^a   Maggio, Roberta ^a   Mannucci, Susanna ^a   Galeazzi, Mauro ^a   Marcolongo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Macrophage activation syndrome; Panniculitis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTITHROMBIN III; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; D DIMER; DOXORUBICIN; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VINBLASTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEG ULCER; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALAISE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA; PANCYTOPENIA; PANNICULITIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SUBCUTANEOUS PANNICULITIS LIKE T CELL LYMPHOMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXORUBICIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANNICULITIS; PANNICULITIS, LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYNDROME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 33845876311     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0125-x     Document Type: Article

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