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Systemic T-cell lymphoma

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A 55-year-old man presents to his primary medical doctor with a 3 week history of fatigue, chills, and a ten pound unintentional weight loss. On examination, he is found to have several palpable nodes in his neck and right axilla. Excisional biopsy and workup including positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) confirms a diagnosis of peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified (PTCL-nos), International Prognostic Index score (IPI) =3, and modified Prognostic Index for T-cell lymphoma (mPIT) =2 (+ R pleural effusion, lactate dehydrogenase [LDH] 2x upper limit of normal [ULN], Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG] 1, ki67 80%).

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Zain, J. (2017). Systemic T-cell lymphoma. In: Zain, J., Kwak, L. (eds) Management of Lymphomas: A Case-Based Approach. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26827-9_11

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