Publications by authors named "E Kakegawa"
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- A 74-year-old woman in Japan had a blood disorder called essential thrombocythemia (ET), which made her blood platelets too high.
- After two years, she developed a more serious condition called secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with specific chromosome changes (t(8;21)).
- She received treatment with special medicines and after the first round, her harmful blood cells started to disappear.
Ocular adnexal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (OAMZL) of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue is a distinct subtype of B-cell lymphoma. OAMZL occasionally occurs on both sides with a varied sequence in the time course. However, few case reports have described clonal analysis of bilateral OAMZ.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF3q27 chromosomal translocation involving the BCL6 gene is one of the most frequent forms of cytogenetic abnormality observed in B-cell lymphoma. We report a case with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) presenting dual 3q27 translocations. The patient was a 71-year-old man who presented with swelling of multiple abdominal lymph nodes (LNs) and obstructive jaundice.
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