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01.06.2013 | Images in Hematology
All that glitters is not gold: differential diagnosis of clover-leaf lymphocytes
verfasst von:
George Yaghmour, Ravneet Thind, Oleksandr N. Kryvenko, Hashem Ayyad, Anne Chen, Philip Kuriakose
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Hematology
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Ausgabe 6/2013
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Excerpt
A 43-year-old, healthy, Iraqi male with no prior exposure to tuberculosis (TB) presented with a 4-month history of fever of unknown origin, described as episodic, occurring approximately two times per week with a maximum temperature of 38.5–39.5 °C. This was associated with cyclic, intermittent arthralgias, crampy periumbilical pain, non-bloody, watery diarrhea, anorexia, malaise, and unintended weight loss of 16 kg over 4 months. Extensive workup during prior hospitalizations remained negative for an infectious or autoimmune etiology. …