Epstein - Barr virus-associated extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma following mosquito bites in an elderly patient without prior hypersensitivity

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2153-2155

  Tomita, Naoto ^a,b   Kanamori, Heiwa ^a   Fujimaki, Katsumichi ^a   Fujisawa, Shin ^a   Ishigatsubo, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Hypersensitivity; Late life patient; Mosquito bites; NK T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DERMATITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT BITE; LEG EDEMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOMA CELL; MOSQUITO; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THIGH;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CULICIDAE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544351632     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190410001697403     Document Type: Article

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