Follicular lymphoma physical examination
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]
Overview
Overview
Common physical examination findings of follicular lymphoma include fever, rash, splenomegaly, peripheral lymphadenopathy, and central lymphadenopathy.
Physical Examination
Physical Examination
The following physical examination findings may be present among patients with follicular lymphoma[1][2][3][4]:
Temperature
Skin
Neck
Thorax
- Thoracic masses suggestive of central lymphadenopathy
- Chest tenderness
Abdomen
- Abdominal masses suggestive of central lymphadenopathy
- Splenomegaly
- Hepatomegaly
- Abdominal tenderness
Extremities
CNS
Head
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Neck
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:Non hodgkin’s lymphoma. Adapted from Dermatology Atlas.[5]
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References
References
- ↑ “A clinical evaluation of the International Lymphoma Study Group classification of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Classification Project”. Blood. 89 (11): 3909–18. 1997. PMID 9166827.
- ↑ Lorsbach RB, Shay-Seymore D, Moore J, Banks PM, Hasserjian RP, Sandlund JT; et al. (2002). “Clinicopathologic analysis of follicular lymphoma occurring in children”. Blood. 99 (6): 1959–64. PMID 11877266.
- ↑ Fernández de Larrea C, Martínez-Pozo A, Mercadal S, García A, Gutierrez-García G, Valera A; et al. (2011). “Initial features and outcome of cutaneous and non-cutaneous primary extranodal follicular lymphoma”. Br J Haematol. 153 (3): 334–40. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08596.x. PMID 21375524.
- ↑ Ganapathi KA, Pittaluga S, Odejide OO, Freedman AS, Jaffe ES (2014). “Early lymphoid lesions: conceptual, diagnostic and clinical challenges”. Haematologica. 99 (9): 1421–32. doi:10.3324/haematol.2014.107938. PMC 4562530. PMID 25176983.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 “Dermatology Atlas”.
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