Transformation of a previously diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma to plasmablastic lymphoma

Am J Hematol. 2016 Aug;91(8):E324. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24375. Epub 2016 May 2.

Authors

Carolina Marini¹, Helena Baldaia², Fernanda Trigo¹, Jorge J Castillo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Haematology, Centro Hospitalar De São João, Porto University Medical School, Porto, Portugal.
² Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar De São João, Porto University Medical School, Porto, Portugal.
³ Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 27012155
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24375

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

B-Lymphocytes / metabolism
B-Lymphocytes / pathology*
Biopsy
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / metabolism
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / pathology*
Disease Progression
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Immunophenotyping
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / drug therapy
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology*
Middle Aged
Plasma Cells / metabolism
Plasma Cells / pathology*
Plasmablastic Lymphoma / diagnosis
Plasmablastic Lymphoma / pathology*
Plasmablastic Lymphoma / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed