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A Rare Case of Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma in 1-year-old Child

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Publisher Thieme
Specialty Oncology
Date 2012 May 8
PMID 22563159
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Abstract

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) represents approximately 12% of lymphoid neoplasms. They are even rarer in children and represent only 1% of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in this age group. We report a case of PTCL in a 1-year-old female child for its rarity.

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