Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma associated with noninfectious epithelioid granuloma in the skin: A clinicopathologic study

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 591-595

  Setoyama, Mitsuru ^a   Katahira, Yoshihiko ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a   Kerdel, Francisco A ^b   Byrnes, John J ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL); Cutaneous type ATLL; Epithelioid granuloma; Favorable prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIOID CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; EPITHELIOID CELLS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030730669     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199712000-00007     Document Type: Article

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