Mediastinal T-cell lymphoma mimicking pericardial effusion
โ Scribed by Dr. Rita Y. T. Sung; Lok Yee So; Jonathan K. S. Ho; Tai Kwan Lam; Chi Kong Li
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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โฆ Synopsis
Various extracardiac tumors have been detected with echocardiography, and some of them masqueraded as pericardial
In this report we present a case of mediastinal T-cell lymphoma that mimicked tuberculous pericardial effusion.
CASE REPORT
A 10-year-old boy had been well until 2 weeks From the
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Hepatosplenic โฅโฆ T-cell lymphoma is a rare histologic type of the peripheral T-cell lymphomas, clinically characterized by predominant involvement of liver and spleen, no or little adenopathy, and an often aggressive course; it affects mainly adolescents and young adults, with a male predominance. P
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Mediastinal recurrence remains the most common cause of failure in patients with mediastinal Tโcell lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL). The role of mediastinal radiation therapy in improving local disease control and overall prognosis is not wellโknown with modern intensive che