Prague Med. Rep. 2020, 121, 262-266

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2020.23

A Severe Case of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in a Previously Healthy Woman: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges

Petya Angelova1, Robert Brock1, Alexandra-Teodora Negoescu1, Lara-Marie Schmitt2, Julia Meißner2, Sascha Dietrich2, Carsten Müller-Tidow2, Jan Philipp Novotný2

1Heidelberg Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
2Department of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Received May 9, 2020
Accepted November 2, 2020

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