Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type, with features simulating POEMS syndrome

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-83

  Nakayama, Shoko ^a   Yokote, Taiji ^a   Kobayashi, Kichinosuke ^a   Hirata, Yuji ^a   Akioka, Toshikazu ^a   Miyoshi, Takuji ^a   Oka, Satoko ^a   Hiraoka, Nobuya ^a   Iwaki, Kazuki ^a   Takayama, Ayami ^a   Takubo, Takayuki ^a   Tsuji, Motomu ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; PCLBCL, leg type; POEMS syndrome; VEGF, IL 6

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROLACTIN; RITUXIMAB; VASCULOTROPIN; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXORUBICIN; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEG; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POEMS SYNDROME; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDNISONE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 72449148801     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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