Marginal zone lymphoma (low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type) of skin and subcutaneous tissue: A study of 15 patients

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1011-1023

  Bailey, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Ferry, Judith A ^a,d   Harris, Nancy L ^a,d   Mihm Jr , Martin C ^b,d   Jacobson, Joseph O ^c,d   Duncan, Lyn M ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoperoxidase; Lymphoma; MALT; Marginal zone lymphoma; Skin; Subcutis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LYMPHOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LOW-GRADE; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029894550     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199608000-00010     Document Type: Article

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