Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma of the Submandibular Salivary Gland as an Unusual Manifestation of Richter’s Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

• Published in: Case reports in hematology Vol. 2017; no. 2017; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Gorodetskiy, Vadim, Kondratieva, Tatiana T., Probatova, Natalya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2017; Hindawi; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Case Report; Case reports; Case studies; Diagnosis; Literature reviews; Lymphomas; Salivary gland tumors

Richter’s syndrome is the development of high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) or Hodgkin lymphoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). In most patients with Richter’s syndrome, the high-grade NHL is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Only a small minorit...