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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma history and symptoms

Introduction

Overview

Overview

The most common symptoms of anaplastic cell lymphoma include fever, weight loss, skin rash, night sweats, chest pain, abdominal pain, bone pain, and painless swelling in the neck, axilla, groin, thorax, and abdomen. These symptoms are otherwise know as B symptoms.

Symptoms

Symptoms

Symptoms of the anaplastic cell lymphoma include:[1]

References

References

  1. ↑ Hapgood G, Savage KJ (2015). “The biology and management of systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma”. Blood. 126 (1): 17–25. doi:10.1182/blood-2014-10-567461. PMID 25869285.
  2. ↑ Al-Ahmad, Selma; Maertens, Vincent; Libeer, Christophe; Schelfhout, Vera; Vanhoenacker, Filip; Boeckx, Nancy; Vandevenne, Marleen (2017). “The masquerading presentation of a systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK positive: a case report and review of the literature”. Acta Clinica Belgica. 72 (6): 454–460. doi:10.1080/17843286.2017.1312057. ISSN 1784-3286.
  3. ↑ Yu L, Yan LL, Yang SJ (2014). “Sarcomatoid variant of ALK- anaplastic large cell lymphoma involving multiple lymph nodes and both lungs with production of proinflammatory cytokines: report of a case and review of literature”. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 7 (8): 4806–16. PMC 4152041. PMID 25197351.
  4. ↑ de Campos FPF, Zerbini MCN, Felipe-Silva A, Simões AB, Lovisolo SM, da Fonseca LG; et al. (2014). “Unusual clinical presentation of anaplastic large cell lymphoma”. Autops Case Rep. 4 (1): 21–27. doi:10.4322/acr.2014.004. PMC 5470561. PMID 28652989.
  5. ↑ Tagami T, Alhalabi O, Ward N, Huang J (2016). “Paraneoplastic Dermatosis in a Patient with Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Case Report and Literature Review”. Dermatopathology (Basel). 3 (2): 39–43. doi:10.1159/000445766. PMC 4965535. PMID 27504444.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Song HH, Baik GH, Kwon JH, Lee KS, Choi YH, Choi KC; et al. (2005). “A case of primary gastric CD30-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma”. J Korean Med Sci. 20 (6): 1062–5. doi:10.3346/jkms.2005.20.6.1062. PMC 2779310. PMID 16361823.
  7. ↑ Kim KH, Jung YH, Han CW, Woo IS, Son JH (2016). “A case of Primary Bone Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma”. Am J Case Rep. 17: 734–738. PMC 5063430. PMID 27729639.
  8. ↑ Narayanan, Santhosh; Prakash, Divya; Subramaniam, Gomathy; Mahadevan, Lakshminarayanan (2018). “Anaplastic large cell lymphoma presenting as sternal swelling”. International Journal of Advances in Medicine. 5 (3): 757. doi:10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20182024. ISSN 2349-3933.

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