Posts Tagged ‘a-but-has’

Association between scleroderma, renal cell carcinoma and membranous nephropathy.

Monday, December 21st, 2009

An interesting post from:

http://antioxidant-scleroderma.blogspot.com/2009/12/association-between-scleroderma-renal.html

We report a patient with scleroderma, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and membranous nephropathy (MN). Certain clinical and laboratory features suggested that RCC caused or enhanced the other two conditions

Mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma associated with systemic sclerosis

Monday, December 21st, 2009

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http://antioxidant-scleroderma.blogspot.com/2009/12/mediastinal-large-b-cell-lymphoma.html

Malignant lymphoma (ML) is frequently associated with several forms of collagen diseases such as Sjören syndrome, systemic lupus erythematodes, and rheumatoid arthritis. However, the occurrence of ML in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients has rarely been reported. Here we report an SSc patient who developed mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma (MLBCL).