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A leukemic change as an initial manifestation of the common variant type of ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2008
Matsushita Hiromichi, Nakamura Naoya, Asai Satomi, Yabe Miharu, Hayama Naoki, Kondo Yusuke, Urano Tetsuya, Miyachi Hayato
Abstract excerpt
We report an 81-year-old man who had leukemic presentation of ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) as an initial manifestation. He had been well after chemotherapy and irradiation for the advanced lung adenocarcinoma, but suddenly suffered from severe lactic acidosis and hypotension. The peripheral blood smear and bone marrow aspiration revealed the infiltration of atypical large cells with...
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