GIANT FOLLICULAR LYMPHOBLASTOMA: ITS TREATMENT WITH RADIOISOTOPES
Authors: J H LAWRENCE, W G DONALD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 July 1958GIANT FOLLICULAR LYMPHOBLASTOMA: ITS TREATMENT WITH RADIOISOTOPESJOHN H. LAWRENCE, M.D., D.SC., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM G. DONALD JR., M.D.JOHN H. LAWRENCE, M.D., D.SC., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM G. DONALD JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGiant follicular lymphoblastoma was first identified as a distinct disease entity by Brill, Baehr and Rosenthal in 1925.1Their original description was "benign giant follicle hyperplasia," but they soon recognized that it was, or could become, a malignant lymphoma.2, 3Symmers4in 1927 described a group of cases with the same findings which he termed "follicular lymphadenopathy." 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