Abstract

BASULTO BARROSO, Manuel M et al. Actinomycosis vs. lymphoma: a case presentation. AMC [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.6, pp. 1063-1072. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: lymphoma is the proliferation of neoplastic monoclonal of lymphoid cells in locations of the immune system, including lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen, liver and gastrointestinal tract. Clinical case: is presented a case of a lymphoblastic non-Hodgkin´s lymphoma´s of high-grade of malignancy in a  36-year-old patient with a history of viral hepatitis, giardiasis and abortion caused by implantation of intra-uterine device, admitted in the intensive care unit service at Manuel Ascunce Domenech University Hospital by lack of appetite, dwindles, weight loss of 30 pounds approximately in three months, and in the initial physical examination are found large soft edema in lower limbs and cachexia and abdominal distention. After a long stay and torpid evolution, the patient died.

Keywords : ACTINOMYCOSIS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA.

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