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Peripheral T-cell lymphoma and Job's syndrome

A rare association

Medical Oncology volume 23, pages 141–144 (2006)Cite this article

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Job's syndrome or hyper-immunoglobulin E syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent staphylococcal abscesses and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E concentrations. Here we report a case of a woman with hyper-immunoglobulin E syndrome with a diagnosis of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, and we review the pertinent literature.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Ibrahim K. Onal & Mevlut Kurt

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Kadri Altundag M.D., Sercan Aksoy, Murat Dincer & Ibrahim Gullu

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Onal, I.K., Kurt, M., Altundag, K. et al. Peripheral T-cell lymphoma and Job's syndrome. Med Oncol 23, 141–144 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1385/MO:23:1:141

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Key Words

  • Job's syndrome
  • peripheral T-cell lymphoma
  • chemotherapy
  • radiotherapy