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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma presenting as giant kidneys: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma presenting as giant kidneys a case report Ori Argov1 Gideon Charach1 Moshe Weintraub1 and Alexander Shtabsky2 Addresses Department of Internal Medicine C Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 6 Weizman St Tel Aviv 64239 Israel and The Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv University Tel-Aviv Israel 2Pathology Institute Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center 6 Weizman St Tel Aviv 64239 Israel and The Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv University Tel-Aviv Israel Email OA - oriargov@ GC - gideonc@ MW - wmoshe@ AS - shtabsky@ Corresponding author Received 29 January 2009 Accepted 14 April 2009 Published 14 September 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 9258 doi 1752-1947-3-9258 This article is available from http casesjournal article view 9258 2009 Argov et al. licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma is a rare form of tumor of the lymph nodes or lymphoid tissue. In this report we describe an unusual presentation of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma consisting of giant kidneys with no nephrotic syndrome. Case presentation A 46-year-old Arabic man from Gaza was hospitalized in our ward due to abdominal pain and a weight loss of 20 kg during the preceding two months. The results of the physical examination and laboratory tests raised the possibility of neoplastic disease. A computerized tomographic scan of the abdomen showed huge kidneys and a kidney biopsy showed infiltration by lymphocytes and eosinophils. The genetic examination revealed T-cell lymphoma. Diagnosis was made by a lymph node .