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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with concomitant plasmablastic lymphoma
South African Journal of Oncology | Vol 1 | a8 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajo.v1i0.8
| © 2017 Jacqueline Goedhals, Leriska Haupt, Deborah Jafta
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 January 2017 | Published: 03 March 2017
Submitted: 10 January 2017 | Published: 03 March 2017
About the author(s)
Jacqueline Goedhals, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa and National Health Laboratory Service, South AfricaLeriska Haupt, Department of Haematology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa and National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa
Deborah Jafta, Van Rensburg Pathologists, South Africa
Abstract
Plasmablastic lymphomas are high-grade lymphomas that usually occur in immune-suppressed patients. Occasionally, they can arise from an underlying haematolymphoid malignancy, termed ‘transformed plasmablastic lymphoma’. In this report, we describe a case of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and plasmablastic lymphoma in an elderly HIV-negative patient.
Keywords
plasmablastic lymphoma; chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma; CLL/SLL; transformation; transformed plasmablastic lymphoma
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