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Monday, January 26, 2009
Ugly Cell: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in the Brain
A 69-year-old woman presented with a brain mass that was thought to be a primary brain tumor. Instead, our diagnosis turned out to be Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Anaplastic Type. This is not a lymphoma that is restricted to the central nervous system; but thus far in this patient the malignancy has only shown up in the brain. A representative photomicrograph from this case illustrates how ugly these tumor cells can be:
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Hello the ugly cells is not clear to my this term but the large B cell are more familiar to me so the lymphoma in the brain it treatable so check with the doctor thanks.
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