Concurrent classical Hodgkin lymphoma and plasmablastic lymphoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma treated with fludarabine: A dimorphic presentation of iatrogenic immunodeficiency- associated lymphoproliferative disorder with evidence suggestive of multiclonal transformability of B cells by Epstein-Barr virus

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1802-1808

  Foo, Wen Chi ^a   Huang, Qin ^b   Sebastian, Siby ^a   Hutchinson, Charles B ^a   Burchette, Jim ^a   Wang, Endi ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia small lymphocytic lymphoma; Classical Hodgkin lymphoma; Epstein Barr virus; Fludarabine; Immunodeficiency; Plasmablastic lymphoma; Richter's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA; REED STERNBERG CELL; VIRUS LATENCY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONE CELLS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, IMMUNOBLASTIC; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PLASMA CELLS; VIDARABINE;

EID: 78449306675     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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