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. 2022 Feb 10;3(2):547-548.
doi: 10.1002/jha2.396. eCollection 2022 May.

A rare case of massive myocardial infiltration by a disseminated extra-nodal NK/T-Cell lymphoma

Firas Bayoudh  1 , Aurélie Jaspers  1 , Marie-Agnès Azerad  1 , Joan Somja  2 , Hugues Marechal  3 , Yves Beguin  1
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A rare case of massive myocardial infiltration by a disseminated extra-nodal NK/T-Cell lymphoma

Firas Bayoudh et al. EJHaem. .
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FIGURE 1
(A) Myocardial section (Hematoxylin and eosin) showing massive tumoral infiltration with small lymphocytes between myocytes. (B) Myocardial section confirms expressing of the natural killer cell marker CD56 on lymphocytes. (C) Myocardial section, presence of Epstein‐Barr Virus infected lymphocytes
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