PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA

<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">We report a case of phenytoin-induced pseudolymphoma in a 28-year-old male with a history of autism and seizure disorder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The p...

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Main Authors: Lynn C. Moscinski, Mark E. Johns, Lubomir Sokol
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Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-05-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/6207
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Mark E. Johns
Lubomir Sokol
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description <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">We report a case of phenytoin-induced pseudolymphoma in a 28-year-old male with a history of autism and seizure disorder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The patient presented with bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy that was shown to be moderately to markedly FDG-avid on a whole body PET/CT scan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Flow cytometry analysis of peripheral blood and bone marrow mononuclear cells detected identical T cell population with aberrant immunophenotype.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Additionally,<span style="background: white;"> a TCR beta gene was found to be clonally rearranged in both peripheral blood and bone marrow supporting a clonal origin of atypical T cells. However, </span>no such clonal population of T-cells could be detected in a pathologic specimen obtained from an excisional biopsy of one of the patient’s cervical lymph nodes. After discontinuing the patient’s phenytoin, his lymphadenopathy has nearly completely resolved and circulation clonal T cell population disappeared with 12 months of follow-up.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span>
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spelling doaj-art-54afd88d7a3a47e894d35d9cd4e21cee2025-08-20T02:08:32ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062010-05-0122e2010028e2010028PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMALynn C. MoscinskiMark E. JohnsLubomir Sokol<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: " lang="EN-US">We report a case of phenytoin-induced pseudolymphoma in a 28-year-old male with a history of autism and seizure disorder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The patient presented with bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy that was shown to be moderately to markedly FDG-avid on a whole body PET/CT scan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Flow cytometry analysis of peripheral blood and bone marrow mononuclear cells detected identical T cell population with aberrant immunophenotype.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Additionally,<span style="background: white;"> a TCR beta gene was found to be clonally rearranged in both peripheral blood and bone marrow supporting a clonal origin of atypical T cells. However, </span>no such clonal population of T-cells could be detected in a pathologic specimen obtained from an excisional biopsy of one of the patient’s cervical lymph nodes. After discontinuing the patient’s phenytoin, his lymphadenopathy has nearly completely resolved and circulation clonal T cell population disappeared with 12 months of follow-up.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span>http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/6207Lymphoma, psedolymphoma, Phenitoine
spellingShingle Lynn C. Moscinski
Mark E. Johns
Lubomir Sokol
PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Lymphoma, psedolymphoma, Phenitoine
title PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA
title_full PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA
title_fullStr PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA
title_full_unstemmed PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA
title_short PHENYTOIN-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOADENOPATHY MIMICKING A PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMA
title_sort phenytoin associated lymphoadenopathy mimicking a peripheral t cell lymphoma
topic Lymphoma, psedolymphoma, Phenitoine
url http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/6207
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