Richter's Transformation; the Cause of Fever of Unknown Origin in a Case with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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KURTARAN B., PAYDAŞ S., Yavuz S., Candevir A.

UHOD-ULUSLARARASI HEMATOLOJI-ONKOLOJI DERGISI, cilt.19, sa.3, ss.180-183, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 3
• Basım Tarihi: 2009
• Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1719092
• Dergi Adı: UHOD-ULUSLARARASI HEMATOLOJI-ONKOLOJI DERGISI
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.180-183
• Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in many countries. Infections are the most common causes of morbidity and mortality; lymphoid cell dysfunction and neutropenia associated with chemotherapy are main predisposing conditions for infection. For this reason infectious conditions must be excluded in a case with CLL and fever. Richter's transformation (RT) is a kind of lymphoma that is a rare condition in CLL cases Fever of unknown origin is a rare finding in Richter's transformation (RT) but it has been reported as anecdotal reports. Here a case with RT as the cause of fever in a case with CLL was reported and literature was reviewed.