A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia
CLINICAL CASE We report a 64 year-old patient with fatigue and intermittent fever. Laboratory investigations revealed autoimmune haemolytic anemia. An abdomen CT scan showed a retroperitoneal mass near the left kidney. The CT scan guided mass biopsy was performed and its histology was diagnostic for...
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doaj-fdb3a7a7ca464e48b8d1bd5a4b5b6a3c2020-11-25T03:35:48ZengPAGEPress PublicationsItalian Journal of Medicine1877-93441877-93522013-04-013210710810.4081/itjm.2009.107216A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemiaFabio Di StefanoSalvatore NicolaiOscar PesaCLINICAL CASE We report a 64 year-old patient with fatigue and intermittent fever. Laboratory investigations revealed autoimmune haemolytic anemia. An abdomen CT scan showed a retroperitoneal mass near the left kidney. The CT scan guided mass biopsy was performed and its histology was diagnostic for a non Hodgkin B cell lymphoma. <br />CONCLUSIONS The case describes autoimmume haemolytic anemia as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with lymphoma. Autoimmume haemolytic anemia is a frequent paraneoplastic syndrome of lymphoproliferative disorders. The onset can be concomitant to the diagnosis of leukemia/lymphoma or follows the course of these neoplastic diseases or less frequently occurs years in advance.http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/262Autoimmune haemolytic anemiaParaneoplastic syndromesLymphomas. |
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Fabio Di Stefano Salvatore Nicolai Oscar Pesa A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia Italian Journal of Medicine Autoimmune haemolytic anemia Paraneoplastic syndromes Lymphomas. |
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A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia |
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A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia |
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A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia |
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A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia |
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A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia |
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vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia |
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Italian Journal of Medicine |
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1877-9344 1877-9352 |
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CLINICAL CASE We report a 64 year-old patient with fatigue and intermittent fever. Laboratory investigations revealed autoimmune haemolytic anemia. An abdomen CT scan showed a retroperitoneal mass near the left kidney. The CT scan guided mass biopsy was performed and its histology was diagnostic for a non Hodgkin B cell lymphoma. <br />CONCLUSIONS The case describes autoimmume haemolytic anemia as a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with lymphoma. Autoimmume haemolytic anemia is a frequent paraneoplastic syndrome of lymphoproliferative disorders. The onset can be concomitant to the diagnosis of leukemia/lymphoma or follows the course of these neoplastic diseases or less frequently occurs years in advance. |
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Autoimmune haemolytic anemia Paraneoplastic syndromes Lymphomas. |
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