Long term survival after treatment of disseminated T cell lymphoma presenting with tracheal obstruction in a patient with coeliac disease.
A 46 year old man with coeliac disease and upper airway obstruction was thought to have undifferentiated carcinoma of the trachea. Subsequent immunohistological examination showed that the neoplasm was a T cell lymphoma. He had combination chemotherapy and is alive and well seven years after diagnosis.
Seddon
D J
DJ
Department of Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
Chung
K F
KF
Paradinas
F J
FJ
Newlands
E S
ES
Snashall
P D
PD
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology