Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

Overview

Journal Case Rep Rheumatol

Publisher Wiley

Date 2016 Jun 14

PMID 27293945

Citations 2

Authors

Mohammad E Naffaa

Alexander P Rozin

Netanel Horowitz

Ofer Ben-Itzhak

Yolanda Braun-Moscovici

Alexandra Balbir-Gurman

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Abstract

In a patient with systemic multiorgan disease with overlapping features, the differential diagnosis included infectious diseases, malignancies, and systemic autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. We present an unusual case of a young male with B cell lymphoma who presented with symptoms mimicking systemic vasculitis and review the existing literature.

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