PMC3411293_01
CT of the abdomen before and after intravenous instillation of rituximab. a Massive ascites before infusion. b Three days after infusion, ascites was resolved. Changes in lymphoma cells double-positive for CD19+/20+ cells in ascites by FCM analyses. c Three hours after infusion, lymphoma cells (22.4%) were present in ascites. d At 24 h, double-positive cells completely disappeared
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Fig1
This patient presented again to our hospital with generalized lymphadenopathy, abdominal discomfort, and massive ascites in 2008 (Fig. 1a). Massive ascites was resolved after 3 days of infusion (Fig. 1b). FCM analyses demonstrated that CD20+ lymphoma cells (22.4%) in ascites at 3 h (Fig. 1c) completely disappeared 24 h later (Fig. 1d).