B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of an ICD pocket: A diagnostic puzzle in an immunosuppressed patient

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-771

  Nemec, Jan ^a   Swerdlow, Steven H ^b   Bazaz, Raveen ^a   Saba, Samir F ^a   Shalaby, Ala A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune suppression; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE INFECTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; SWELLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE;

EID: 44349126297     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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