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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>9</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>22</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Lymphoma or Brucellosis:  A Case Series Study</title>
    <FirstPage>141</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>145</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Parsa</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rostami</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Clinical Research Development Unit of Ayatollah-Khansari Hospital, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. AND Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shiva</FirstName>
        <LastName>Shabani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Clinical Research Development Unit of Ayatollah-Khansari Hospital, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. AND Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Azin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Ahmari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Clinical Research Development Unit of Ayatollah-Khansari Hospital, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>12</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>19</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Human Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease with various clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic infection to multisystem involvement. Cases with hematological abnormalities and lymphadenopathy, which were referred to the hematology department of the hospital, were described from September 2021 to August 2022. These Iranian patients included a 38-year-old man and two 64- and 24-year-old women. Due to the region&#x2019;s endemicity and strong clinical suspicion of brucellosis, therapeutic management and invasive procedures such as splenectomy were avoided in one case. Based on the available literature, it is evident that the infrequent symptoms that accompany the typical symptoms of brucellosis may give rise to uncertainty and
hinder prompt diagnosis. The reason is that patients presenting with indications of pancytopenia, coupled with splenomegaly or lymphadenopathy, are typically referred to hematologists. Hence, the purpose of these case reports is to highlight the symptoms of brucellosis that mimic a primary hematologic disorder, facilitating faster and more accurate diagnosis.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/902</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/902/673</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
