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High-grade B-cell lymphoma of the peritoneum as a result of transformation of a CD5-negative monoclonal B lymphocytosis population in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome treated with 5-azacytidine

Maria DimouFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece; Correspondence[email protected]
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Maria RoumeliotiFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Aglaia DimitrakopoulouDepartment of Immunology and Histocompatibility, Laiko Geniko Nosokomeio, Athens, Greece
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Catherin BitsaniFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Sotiria KotsantiFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Panayiota PetsaFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Paraskevi PapaioannouFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Marie-Christine KyrtsonisFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Panayiotis PanayiotidisFirst Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Unit, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece;
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Pages 1264-1267 | Received 05 Jul 2017, Accepted 29 Aug 2017, Published online: 13 Sep 2017

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