Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 6 , Pages 504-508 , 2007

Primary Effusion Lymphoma Involving both Pleural and Abdominal Cavities in a Patient with Hepatitis B Virus-related Liver Cirrhosis

  • Pei-Ying Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-I Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Dian-Kun Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsui-Lien Mao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jin-Chuan Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Hung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chien-Hung Chen, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 26 January 2006 ,Revised 30 September 2006 ,Accepted 5 December 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60302-8

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60302-8

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 6 , Pages 504-508 , 2007

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