Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and tuberculosis coexistence in the same organs: A report of two cases

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 991, 2008, Pages 276-277

  Fanourgiakis, P ^a   Mylona, E ^a   Androulakis, I I ^b   Eftychiou, C ^a   Vryonis, E ^a   Georgala, A ^b   Skoutelis, A ^a   Aoun, M ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUDARABINE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, RENAL;

EID: 45249124544     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.066183     Document Type: Article

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