Intracerebral Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma: A case report and literature review

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-220

  Almhanna, Khaldoun ^a   Wongchaowart, Nicholas ^a   Sweetenham, John ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein BarR; Fludarabine; Richter; Transformation

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GADOLINIUM; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RITUXIMAB; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY;

EID: 60849135143     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900802189824     Document Type: Article

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