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01-03-2007 | Case Report

Multifocal non-Hodgkin lymphoma in an infant with cardiac involvement: whole-body MR imaging

Authors: Jyoti Kumar, Ashu Seith, Sameer Bakhshi, Raju Sharma, Atin Kumar

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 3/2007

Abstract

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is rare in infancy, and we present a case of aggressive NHL of T-cell lineage in an infant with multifocal bone, cardiac, mediastinal nodal, paranasal sinus, calvarial, and soft-tissue deposits on presentation that were detected on whole-body MRI.

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Title: Multifocal non-Hodgkin lymphoma in an infant with cardiac involvement: whole-body MR imaging
Authors: Jyoti Kumar
Ashu Seith
Sameer Bakhshi
Raju Sharma
Atin Kumar
Publication date: 01-03-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0390-0

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