Intravascular lymphoma: Clinical presentation, natural history, management and prognostic factors in a series of 38 cases, with special emphasis on the 'cutaneous variant'

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-183

  Ferreri, Andrés J M ^a   Campo, Elías ^b   Seymour, John F ^c   Willemze, Rein ^d   Ilariucci, Fiorella ^e   Ambrosetti, Achille ^f   Zucca, Emanuele ^g   Rossi, Giuseppe ^h   López Guillermo, Armando ⁱ   Pavlovsky, Miguel A ^j   Geerts, Marie Louise ^k   Candoni, Anna ^l   Lestani, Maurizio ^m   Asioli, Silvia ^e   Milani, Mario ⁿ   Piris, Miguel A ^o   Pileri, Stefano ^p   Facchetti, Fabio ^q   Cavalli, Franco ^g   Ponzoni, Maurilio ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Australasian Leukaemia/L S G   (Australia)

^d Dutch Cutaneous Lymphoma Group   (Netherlands)

^e S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Section of Haematology   (Italy)

^g REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^h Spedali Civili   (Italy)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^j Division of Haematology   (Argentina)

^k GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^m Division of Pathology   (Italy)

ⁿ A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^q Division of Pathology   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Angiotropic lymphoma; Central nervous system lymphomas; Cutaneous lymphoma; Extranodal lymphoma; Intravascular lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVASCULAR LYMPHOMA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN CANCER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5644239684     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05177.x     Document Type: Article

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