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Clinicopathological analysis of mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin lymphoma of the mediastinum.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 May 2013
Yamamoto Wataru, Nakamura Naoya, Tomita Naoto, Ishii Yoshimi, Takasaki Hirotaka, Hashimoto Chizuko, Motomura Shigeki, Yamazaki Etsuko, Ohshima Rika, Numata Ayumi, Ishigatsubo Yoshiaki, Sakai Rika
Abstract excerpt
Primary mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL) and nodular sclerosing classical Hodgkin lymphoma (NSCHL) are the major histological types of lymphoma affecting the mediastinum. We reviewed 27 patients with PMLBCL and 14 patients with NSCHL. A poor performance status, high serum lactate dehydrogenase level and strong positivity for PAX5 were all significantly more common in patients with PMLBCL than...
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