title: The use of blind skin biopsy in the diagnosis of intravascular B-cell lymphoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Meg R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gerstenblith
authors.forename: Allan C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gelber
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Manno
authors.forename: Padmini D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ranasinghe
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sweren
authors.forename: Laura Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: McGirt
mesh_terms: 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*