Lymphomatoid granulomatosis

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Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
Classification and external resources
ICD-O: 9766/1
DiseasesDB 33208
eMedicine med/1369
MeSH D008230

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is a neoplastic disease.

It is a lymphoproliferative disorder (lymphomatoid means lymphoma-like). The word granulomatosis denotes one of its microscopic character, polymorphic lymphoid infiltrates and focal necrosis within it.

While most commonly found in older patients, in 2008 the youngest patient ever (13) was diagnosed with this cancer.[citation needed]

It usually involves lung, skin, and central nervous system.

It was first characterized in 1972.[1]

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[edit] Causes

It is induced by Epstein Barr virus.[2]

[edit] Prognosis

There is no known cure. It is resistant to ordinary chemotherapy.[3]

There currently is a protocol being run by Dr. Wyndham H. Wilson at the NIH. The experimental treatment involves the use of interferons.[4]

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