Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma associated with sickle cell disease: a case report.
A case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with leukemic spread in a patient affected with homozygous sickle cell disease is reported. This association has not been previously described. A correlation between the malignancy and the hemoglobinopathy could not be etiologically ascertained; therefore, an alternative explanation to a chance event cannot be offered.
Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedali Riuniti Melacrino e Bianchi, Reggio Calabria.
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D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged