Four hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma cases of Japanese patients
Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL), a rare type of γδ T-cell lymphoma, is characterized by hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenias. It is associated with immunodeficiency and its age of onset is reportedly between the 20s and 30s. We herein report 4 Japanese HSTCL cases. Three of them, including an eld...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Leukemia Research Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213048915300200 |
| Summary: | Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma (HSTCL), a rare type of γδ T-cell lymphoma, is characterized by hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenias. It is associated with immunodeficiency and its age of onset is reportedly between the 20s and 30s. We herein report 4 Japanese HSTCL cases. Three of them, including an elderly case that was 74 years of age, were not at adolescence. No cases had a history of immunodeficiency. All other disease phenotypes were similar to the typical HSTCL cases. These findings suggest that there are a certain proportion of HSTCL patients who presented after middle age. |
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| ISSN: | 2213-0489 |