Carcinoma-like signet-ring cells in gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 588-598

  Zamboni, Giuseppe ^a   Franzin, Giuseppe ^b   Scarpa, Aldo ^a   Bonetti, Franco ^a   Pea, Maurizio ^a   Mariuzzi, Gian Mario ^a   Menestrina, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b BORGO TRENTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastric lymphoma; Lymphoepithelial lesion; MALT; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; Signet ring cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029922116     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199605000-00005     Document Type: Article

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