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KMID : 0352419930120030376
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Keimyung Medical Journal
1993 Volume.12 No. 3 p.376 ~ p.380
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Primary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of Scalp
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Abstract
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A case of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of scalp is presented. The patient is 16-year-old male who has develped 10×15cm huge scalp tumor on left frontal head with both cervical lymph node enlargement. The CT presentation of slightly isodense
soft
tissue mass lesion without rim enhancement on left scalp was found. Magnetic resonance imaging of head showed that tumors invaded outer table of the skull focally. There were no other extra cutaneous manifestation. Biopsy of tumor revealed
diffuse
poorly differentiated lymphocytic type of malignant lymphoma. The patient was treated with six cycles of COPBLAM-V chemotherapy that resulted in complete remission. Four months after the completion of chemotherapy, the left preauricular lymph
node
was
enlarged. Biopsy revealed same pathology with that of scalp. Again he obtained a complete response with combination chemotherapy.
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