Multilobated B cell lymphoma (Pinkus variant) with isolated muscular localization in a patient with systemic sclerosis: a case report.
The association of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is a rare event whose pathogenesis remains to be clarified. We describe a case of NHL in a patient with SSc, in whom the NHL was particular in terms of clinical presentation (primitive muscle and bone involvement) and histologic type (large multilobated B-cell variant). The lymphoma was clinically aggressive but responded well to therapy. Surveillance for the development of "atypical" NHL is suggested in SSc cases.
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Servizio Autonomo di Ematologia Diagnostica, Istituto di Scienze Mediche dell' Università degli Studi, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Sita
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Guffanti
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Bianchi
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Colombi
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Baldini
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D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*