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A case of adolescent primary adrenal natural killer cell lymphoma.
International journal of hematology - 1 May 2005
Mizoguchi Yoko, Nakamura Kazuhiro, Miyagawa Shin-Ichiro, Nishimura Shin-Ichiro, Arihiro Koji, Kobayashi Masao
Abstract excerpt
Primary adrenal lymphoma is uncommon, and the majority cases of this disorder are found in elderly individuals. We describe a 17-year-old boy with persistent fever, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and a bilateral tumor of the adrenal glands. The disease was progressive and did not respond to treatment such as immunosuppression therapy or plasma exchange. Postmortem analysis revealed nasal-type natural killer...
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