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Primary lymphoma of bone, a case report

Authors :
Eduardo Ibáñez Carrillo
José Ramón Rodríguez Morales
Ania Noda Rodríguez
Source :
Acta Médica del Centro, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 150-153 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Editorial Ciencias Médicas, 2014.

Abstract

It is presented the clinical case of a patient with a diagnosis of primary lymphoma of bone-a clinicopathologic rare disease that accounts for less than 1% of all lymphomas and 3 to 4% of primary bone tumors and it is defined as that in which a bone lesion is documented only-no evidence of lymph node involvement or general symptoms suggesting a systemic commitment six months after the diagnosis of the primary lesion; although there have been reports of multifocal bone injury medical literature includes only small case series. It is presented a patient of 21 years with a tumor located in the distal third of the left tibia, with histological diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma diffuse of large cell he received treatment as polichemitherapy-in-remission induction therapy and in consolidation.

Details

Language :
Spanish; Castilian
ISSN :
27097927
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Acta Médica del Centro
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.39d9d8a88934c008f3a8462b43be075
Document Type :
article