Kazuhide Iizuka, Jun Ando, Azuchi Masuda, Tomonori Ochiai, Ran Tomomasa, Hajime Yasuda, Tomoiku Takaku, Yasunori Ota, Takashi Yao, Akihiko Gotoh, Norio Komatsu
The subject was an 83-year-old female; she had a history of Propionibacterium acnes-related sarcoidosis at the age of 79 years. At diagnosis, she was treated with clarithromycin and achieved remission. Four years later, during a routine physical check-up, she presented with pulmonary opacities and swelling of multiple lymph nodes. A definitive diagnosis of lymphoma could not be made by inguinal lymph node biopsy. The patient's general condition was good, and we observed her clinical course. Oh the 56th day of her illness, she died suddenly...
2017: [Rinshō Ketsueki] the Japanese Journal of Clinical Hematology