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Splenic Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Without Organomegaly: Occult Presentation with Fatal Course and Post-mortem Diagnosis

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Journal Rare Tumors
Publisher Sage Publications
Specialty Oncology
Date 2010 Dec 9
PMID 21139946
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Abstract

Splenic lymphoma without splenomegaly is uncommon. We report the case of a 68-year-old female who presented with fulminant B symptoms and thrombocytopenia, only to be found to have micronodular large B-cell lymphoma of the spleen post-mortem. Diagnosis of this rare entity remains difficult and overall prognosis is poor.

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