Case Reports in Rheumatology (Jan 2016)

Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

  • Mohammad E. Naffaa,
  • Alexander P. Rozin,
  • Netanel Horowitz,
  • Ofer Ben-Itzhak,
  • Yolanda Braun-Moscovici,
  • Alexandra Balbir-Gurman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1041787
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2016

Abstract

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In a patient with systemic multiorgan disease with overlapping features, the differential diagnosis included infectious diseases, malignancies, and systemic autoimmune or inflammatory diseases. We present an unusual case of a young male with B cell lymphoma who presented with symptoms mimicking systemic vasculitis and review the existing literature.