Rapidly progressing necrotic hand ulcer in a patient with angioimmunoblastic T‐cell lymphoma

Rapidly progressing tetraparesis in a young male patient with pyrexia.

A 13-year-old Malay boy presented with a 3-week history of weakness and numbness of the upper and lower limbs associated with severe neck pain aggravated by movements. The weakness progressively worsened and one week prior to admission he became bedridden. One month earlier he had had fever and night sweats associated with poor appetite and weight loss. There was urinary retention and poor bowe...

Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome

BACKGROUND Although patients with Klinefelter syndrome have elevated risk and incidence rates for several solid cancers, reports on the incidence of hematological malignancies have been equivocal. CASE REPORT We report a patient diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in whom Klinefelter syndrome was newly detected. Moreover, we discuss the development of a variety of lymphomas in pat...

[Rapidly growing ulcer in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I].

Rapidly progressing necrotic ulcerations and sinuses in specific cutaneous Hodgkin's disease

Rapidly progressing necrotic ulcerations and sinuses in specific cutaneous Hodgkin's disease Sir, A 25-year-old gentleman presented with a progressively enlarging swelling over the right side of the neck for seven months. He also had a large fungating ulcer over the right supraclavicular region with extensive edema of the chest wall and right upper limb for three months. He complained of high s...

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in a patient with relapsed Hodgkin’s lymphoma

After curative treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, increased risk of certain solid tumors has been reported. To best of our knowledge this is the first report of metachronous pancreatic adenocarcinoma which developed outside the previous radiation field in a patient with relapse Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Herein we present an 81-year-old female who developed pancreatic adenocarcinoma four yea...