Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma presenting with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and skin lesions with characteristic high-resolution ultrasonographic findings

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 775-778

  Hung, Guo Dung ^a   Chen, Yi Hsing ^a   Chen, Der Yuan ^a   Lan, Joung Liang ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Macrophage activation syndrome; Panniculitis; Subcutaneous panniculitis like T cell lymphoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ETOPOSIDE; FERRITIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; PANNICULITIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; PANNICULITIS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147136189     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0193-y     Document Type: Article

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