T-CELL NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA PRESENTING IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

Citation
Cc. Lees et al., T-CELL NON-HODGKINS-LYMPHOMA PRESENTING IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, Postgraduate medical journal, 70(823), 1994, pp. 371-372
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
70
Issue
823
Year of publication
1994
Pages
371 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1994)70:823<371:TNPITF>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This case report details of the presentation of a young woman in the f irst trimester of her pregnancy with lethargy, weakness, vomiting, pyr exia and lymphadenopathy. Extensive investigation revealed an advanced T cell lymphoma and only the second reported case in pregnancy to our knowledge. We discuss her management and subsequent chemotherapy in t he context of a short review of the literature spanning the last decad e.