Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma of the uterus presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) and revealed by FDG-PET

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Lannoo, L ^a   Smets, S ^a   Steenkiste, E ^a   Delforge, M ^a   Moerman, P ^a   Stroobants, S ^a   Knockaert, D ^a   Amant, Frederic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Fever of unknown origin; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Intravascular non Hodgkin lymphoma; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG EDEMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 34347249172     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2007.031     Document Type: Article

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