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Childhood non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as hemophagocytic syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11787866     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An 8-year-old girl with a progressive systemic hemopagocytic syndrome was found to have non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) after multiple nondiagnostic biopsies. Routine histochemistry and flow cytometry demonstrated this to be a peripheral T-cell process and cytogenetics identified a t(2;5)(p23;q35). An extensive evaluation for an infectious agent failed to identify a pathogen. Treatment according to a standard lymphoma protocol produced a rapid response and the girl remains in remission without evidence of hemophagocytic syndrome 18 months from diagnosis. In children with systenic hemophagocytosis, a diagnosis of NHL should be aggressively pursued.
Authors:
Julie Blatt; Brent Weston; Tom Belhorn; Harvey Hamrick; Diane Maia
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pediatric hematology and oncology     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0888-0018     ISO Abbreviation:  Pediatr Hematol Oncol     Publication Date:    2002 Jan-Feb
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-01-11     Completed Date:  2002-06-24     Revised Date:  2006-04-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8700164     Medline TA:  Pediatr Hematol Oncol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  45-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Hematolotv-Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA. jblat@med.unc.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / diagnosis*,  drug therapy
Humans
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnosis*,  drug therapy
Prognosis
Serologic Tests
Syndrome

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