Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the psoas muscle
| Autor: | Yasunori Kawachi, Tatsuya Fujikawa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Palliative care Article Psoas Muscles Fatal Outcome Back pain Medicine Humans Aged Right Lateral Decubitus Position Muscle Neoplasms biology business.industry Cerebral infarction Palliative Care General Medicine Anatomy medicine.disease Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure biology.protein Abdomen Creatine kinase Lymphoma Large B-Cell Diffuse medicine.symptom business Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Low Back Pain |
| Popis: | A 78-year-old man with a history of aphasia caused by cerebral infarction came to our hospital because of persistent progressive left lower back pain for 1 week, which had radiated through the left buttock and down the left thigh. On clinical examination, he was in the right lateral decubitus position on a bed in a psoas posture with a body temperature of 36.7°C. Laboratory results revealed leucocytosis (9.71×109/L), and elevated lactate dehydrogenase (415 IU/L) and creatine kinase (255 IU/L) levels. Contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen after plain CT revealed a swollen left psoas muscle that was enhanced homogeneously (figure 1, arrows), indicating tumours in the left psoas. … |
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