IMMUNOBLASTIC SARCOMA IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS LIKE DISORDERS

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 107  (11) , 589-592
Abstract
Five patients, predominantly older men, had abnormal immune states for prolonged periods of time with manifestations of multisystem involvement, including features of systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and Sjoegren''s syndrome. In the course of their disease, all had malignant lymphoma (immunoblastic sarcoma) develop. The development of lymphoma was associated with generalized lymphadenopathy in 4 cases.