Intravascular large B ‐cell lymphoma complicated by invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a rare presentation
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Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma complicated by invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a rare presentation
We describe a patient with persisting fevers, a progressive pulmonary infiltrate, and high levels of serum lactate dehydrogenase. No underlying cause for these changes was found prior to her death despite extensive investigations. Postmortem tissue revealed invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and subsequent brain examination revealed vascular changes in keeping with intravascular large B-cell lymp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respirology Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2051-3380,2051-3380
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.51