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A Case of Primary Bone Marrow B-Cell Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with Severe Thrombocytopenia: Case Report and A Review of the Literature

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A 78-year-old man presented with persistent gingival bleeding. He had low platelet count of 1.0 × 109/L without any lymphadenopathy. Bone marrow specimen showed diffusely distributed small-sized lymphocytes. Combined with immunophenotypic analysis, a diagnosis of primary bone marrow B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was made. Thrombocytopenia was considered to be caused by autoimmune destruction of platelets.

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  1. Department of Hematology, Kanto Rosai Hospital, 1-1, Kizukisumiyoshicho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 211-8510, Japan

    Yuki Kagoya, Naohi Sahara, Takashi Matsunaga & Seiji Irie

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

    Toshimasa Uekusa & Kazuhito Hatanaka

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Kagoya, Y., Sahara, N., Matsunaga, T. et al. A Case of Primary Bone Marrow B-Cell Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with Severe Thrombocytopenia: Case Report and A Review of the Literature. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 26, 106–108 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-010-0040-4

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