Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma. Clinicopathologic, immunophenotypic, and genotypic analysis of alpha/beta and gamma/delta subtypes

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 881-893

  Salhany, Kevin E ^a,f   Macon, William R ^b   Choi, John K ^a   Elenitsas, Rosalie ^a   Lessin, Stuart R ^a   Felgar, Raymond E ^b   Wilson, Darren M ^a   Przybylski, Grzegorz K ^c   Lister, John ^d   Wasik, Mariusz A ^a   Swerdlow, Steven H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^d W Pennsylvania Cancer Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD56; Cutaneous T cell lymphoma T cell lymphoma; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; Epstein Barr virus; Perforin; Subcutaneous panniculitis like T cell lymphoma; TIA 1; V( )2 subset

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LEUKOSIALIN; PERFORIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PANNICULITIS; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENOTYPE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031847613     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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