The use of blind skin biopsy in the diagnosis of intravascular B-cell lymphoma.
Intravascular B-cell lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is characterized by a clonal proliferation of lymphoblasts within small blood vessels. Patients present with nonspecific symptoms and are often only given a diagnosis at autopsy. We report a case of intravascular B-cell lymphoma, characterized by pyrexia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and mental status decline, without obvious cutaneous manifestations, that was diagnosed with blind skin biopsy.
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Elizabeth N
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Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
Gerstenblith
Meg R
MR
Gelber
Allan C
AC
Manno
Rebecca L
RL
Ranasinghe
Padmini D
PD
Sweren
Ronald J
RJ
McGirt
Laura Y
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D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*