ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma undiagnosed in a patient with tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract Background Due to a similarity between the features of lymphoma and the features of tuberculosis, lymphoma may go unrecognized and undiagnosed in patients with tuberculosis. Case presentation A 33-year-old Thai man presented to our center with typical clinical manifestations of tuberculous...

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Main Authors: Weerapat Owattanapanich, Pakpoom Phoompoung, Sanya Sukpanichnant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1293-4