L-asparaginase-induced severe acute pancreatitis in an adult with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type: A case report and review of the literature

Oncology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1305-1307

  Wu, Fang ^a   Qu, Lu ^a   Tan, Yafen ^a   Zhang, Yue ^a   Hu, Chunhong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult; Extranodal natural killer T cell lymphoma; L asparaginase associated pancreatitis; Nasal type

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; GEMCITABINE; GLUCOSE; LAMIVUDINE; OXALIPLATIN; PETHIDINE; SOMATOSTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NK T CELL LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84896719617     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.1871     Document Type: Article

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