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Oligoclonal peripheral T-cell lymphocytosis as a result of aberrant T-cell development in a cortical thymoma.
Diagnostic molecular pathology : the American journal of surgical pathology, part B - 1 Aug 1997
de Jong D, Richel D J, Schenkeveld C, Boerrigter L, van 't Veer L J
Abstract excerpt
A 42-year-old man presented with a locally invasive cortical thymoma. Before chemotherapy was commenced 36 months after presentation, an unusual peripheral lymphocytosis of 19 x 10(9)/l had slowly developed over time. After the first course of chemotherapy, the lymphocytosis showed a sharp decline to normal absolute cell numbers and subsequently remained at normal levels. Currently, the patient is in stable...
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