Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2022)

Massive splenomegaly requiring differential diagnosis of hematologic malignancies

  • Masaki Tago,
  • Motoshi Fujiwara,
  • Tomotaro Nakashima,
  • Seijiro Makio,
  • Yuka Hirakawa,
  • Midori Tokushima,
  • Shun Yamashita,
  • Yoshinori Tokushima,
  • Hidetoshi Aihara,
  • Shu‐ichi Yamashita

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5512
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 3
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract An 85‐year‐old woman presented with pain and a palpable mass in her left flank. Abdominal computed tomography revealed massive splenomegaly and para‐aortic lymphadenopathies. Bone marrow biopsy showed CD79a, CD20, and bcl‐2‐positive atypical lymphocytes, which led to the diagnosis of splenic marginal zone lymphoma.

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