NK/T-cell lymphoma in a child with hypersensitivity to mosquito bites

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 855-857

  Zhang, Zhengxiang ^a   Shi, Qunli ^a   An, Xiaojing ^a   Ma, Henghui ^a   Zhou, Hangbo ^a   Ma, Jie ^a   Zhou, Xiaojun ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity to mosquito bites; NK T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIA; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT BITE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MONOCYTOSIS; MOSQUITO; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX; NK T CELL LYMPHOMA; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SORE THROAT; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CULICIDAE; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LYMPHOMA, EXTRANODAL NK-T-CELL; NOSE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74249105384     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31819c1fdb     Document Type: Article

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