Article
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developing in a pacemaker pocket.
International journal of hematology - 1 May 2003
Hojo Nobumasa, Yakushijin Yoshihiro, Narumi Hiroshi, Minamoto Yoko, Sakai Ikuya, Takada Kiyonori, Hato Takaaki, Yasukawa Masaki, Fujita Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
A 29-year-old man developed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a subpectoral pacemaker pocket that 6 years previously had been created in the chest for a titanium-covered pulse generator. The patient had an 8-cm-diameter dark red tumor with necrotic tissue on a keloidal surgical scar in the left side of the chest. Left axillary lymphadenopathy also was present. Laboratory studies showed an increased level of...
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