title: Isolated bone marrow non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Report of two cases and literature review.
abstract: We report two patients with isolated bone marrow non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and we review the additional 23 cases thus far described. Bicytopenia or pancytopenia and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate were universally present. Some 84% of the patients manifested fever of unknown origin (FUO), 64% constitutional symptoms, 48% hepatomegaly, and 52% splenomegaly. Of the variety of therapeutic protocols used, corticosteroids, alone or in combination, appeared to be the most effective. Survival ranged from 1 week to 4.5 years. Early diagnosis would avoid unnecessary work-up in patients with FUO and enable optimization of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 'F', Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 70300, Zerifin, Israel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chachashvili
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Almoznino-Sarafian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandbank
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shteinshnaider
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Modai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cohen