Klinefelter's syndrome and primary central nervous system lymphoma
โ Scribed by Liang, R. ;Woo, E. ;Ho, F. ;Collins, R. ;Choy, D. ;Ma, J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 370 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Klinefelter's syndrome is known to be associated with various malignancies including male breast cancer and germ cell tumour. We report a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome who developed a primary Bโcell lymphoma of the central nervous system (CNS). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of primary CNS lymphoma in Klinefelter's syndrome.
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