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Intravital Microscopy of Monocyte Homing and Tumor-Related Angiogenesis in a Murine Model of Peripheral Arterial Disease
Published on: August 26, 2017
[Lymphoma and arteries: peri- or intravascular?]
M Franz1, A Alfidja, C Molucon Chabrot
1Service de Radiologie B, Pôle de Radiologie, CHU Gabriel-Montpied, 58 rue Montalembert, BP 69, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand cedex 1, France. martinmatin@windowslive.com
Purpose:
Lymphoma is a polymorphous disease that does not spare arteries. Arterial involvement may be perivascular or intravascular, with different prognostic and therapeutic implications.
Patients And Methods:
We present here one case of perivascular lymphoma and another case of intravascular lymphoma in order to highlight the specific features of each type.
Results:
The first patient was a woman who presented a pseudo-aneurysmal anterior iliac artery due to a non-Hodgkin lymphoma with subsequent bilateral pyelocalyceal distension. The second patient was a man who developed intravascular lymphomatosis expressed by an aneurysm of the common femoral then the primitive iliac artery.
Conclusion:
The distinction between perivascular and intravascular arterial involvement is based on a range of features and is essential for an optimal care of patients with lymphoma.
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