Neuroendocrine carcinoma in a patient with hairy cell leukemia: a case report.
Second malignancies are common in hairy cell leukemia. We report a case of a neuroendocrine carcinoma arising in a patient who had been diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia 6 years earlier. This case is the first report of these two tumors' occurring together. The pathogenetic basis for the presence of these two uncommon tumors in our patient is discussed.
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D009377:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000648:ultrastructure