Anaplastic Kinase-Positive Large T-cell Lymphoma Simultaneous with Tuberculosis in a Child: a Case Report
نویسندگان
1 Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2 Pediatric Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Research Center, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Molecular Pathology and Cytogenetic Ward, Pathology Department, Children Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4 Department of infectious Disease, pediatric center of Excellence, children's Medical center, Tehran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5 Assistant professor and pediatrician/pediatric center of excellence/children’s medical center/Tehran university of medical science/Tehran/IRAN
6 Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7 Pediatric Assistant, children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
doi
10.22038/ijp.2022.64115.4868چکیده
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) large T-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare type of lymphoma and it involves lymph nodes, but in some rare situations, it involves lungs, firstly. There are very rare cases in the world that have this type of disorder complicated with tuberculosis (TB). In this report, we present a boy who was referred to our hospital with TB and ALK+ALCL.
