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Angiotropic large B-cell lymphoma misdiagnosed as urosepsis with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
Angiotropic large B-cell lymphoma misdiagnosed as urosepsis with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
- Source :
- Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica; Jan1999, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p100-103, 4p, 2 Black and White Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- A 53-year-old woman with a history of cervical carcinoma 14 years ago, treated with hysterectomy and radiation therapy, was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome) progressing to shock, multiple organ failure and death within 5 d. Bilateral hydronephrosis diagnosed by sonography and an enlarged left kidney with suspected abscesses verified in a CT-scan suggested the diagnosis of urosepsis. However, multiple microbiological examinations remained sterile. Despite surgical treatment and aggressive intensive care, she died in unresponsive shock. Pathohistologically, an angiotropic large B-cell lymphoma, a rare diffuse intravascular neoplasm of lymphoid origin, was diagnosed. The patient's history of abdominal radiation therapy 14 years earlier as well as multiple negative microbiological specimens in a patient with suspected urosepsis should have initiated the search for a non-infectious cause of the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LYMPHOMAS
DIAGNOSIS of blood diseases
DIAGNOSTIC errors
PATIENTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00015172
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6259341
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430121.x