Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia as an Unusual Cause of Rapid Airway Compromise
Autor: | Joshua T. Romain, John S. Renshaw, Adrian Reyes Bersabe, Erin E. Ezzell |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Lymphocytosis Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Case Report 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology lcsh:RC254-282 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cervical lymphadenopathy Tongue immune system diseases hemic and lymphatic diseases Medicine Head and neck neoplasms business.industry Airway obstruction medicine.disease lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens Lymphoma Airway Compromise medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Immunology medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | Case Reports in Oncological Medicine Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, Vol 2017 (2017) |
ISSN: | 2090-6714 2090-6706 |
Popis: | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is the most prevalent form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) in Western countries predominantly affecting adults over the age of 65. CLL is commonly indolent in nature but can present locally and aggressively at extranodal sites. Although CLL may commonly present with cervical lymphadenopathy, manifestation in nonlymphoid regions of the head and neck is not well described. CLL causing upper airway obstruction is even more uncommon. We describe a case of a patient with known history of CLL and stable lymphocytosis that developed an enlarging lymphoid base of tongue (BOT) mass resulting in rapid airway compromise. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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