Development of hepatosplenic γδ T-cell lymphoma with pancytopenia during early pregnancy: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-371

  Niitsu, Nozomi ^a   Kohri, Mika ^a   Togano, Tomiteru ^a   Nakamine, Hirokazu ^b   Nakamura, Shigeo ^c   Iwabuchi, Kei Ichi ^a   Higashihara, Masaaki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granzyme B; Hepatosplenic T cell lymphoma; Pregnancy; T cell intracellular antigen 1

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANZYME B; PREDNISOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; STEROID; T CELL INTRACELLULAR ANTIGEN 1; T CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA DELTA PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLONAL VARIATION; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEPATOSPLENIC GAMMA DELTA T CELL LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TCR BETA GENE; TCR DELTA GENE; TCR GAMMA GENE; CHEMISTRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; PANCYTOPENIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5344280418     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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