Pleomorphic large cell lymphomas of the mediastinum

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 224-232

  Suster, Saul ^a,c   Moran, Cesar A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic lymphoma; Hodgkin's disease; Immunohistochemistry; Large cell lymphoma; Mediastinal tumors; Metastatic carcinoma; Pleomorphic sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PLEURA EFFUSION; REED STERNBERG CELL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0030058711     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199602000-00011     Document Type: Article

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