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Case Reports
. 2018 Jul;59(7):397-398.
doi: 10.11622/smedj.2018092.

Extreme exigency in the extremity: an illustrative case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma occurring in the arm

Muhammad Bilal Abid  1   2 , Shi Wang  3 , Hoi Yin Loi  4 , Esther Hian Li Chan  1 , Li Mei Poon  1 , Sanjay de Mel  1
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Case Reports

Extreme exigency in the extremity: an illustrative case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma occurring in the arm

Muhammad Bilal Abid et al. Singapore Med J. 2018 Jul.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Fused F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-CT image shows a heterogeneous FDG-avid left forearm soft tissue mass (white arrows) with a large area of central necrosis, with FDG uptake along the ulna bone indicating disease involvement.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Photomicrographs show (a) neoplastic lymphoid cells that are positive for CD20 (Haematoxylin & eosin, × 400); and (b) diffuse sheets of variable medium- to large-sized neoplastic lymphoid cells (Haematoxylin & eosin, × 4,000).
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