Interdigitating reticulum cell tumor of lymph node: A case report and literature review

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 974-980

  Liu, Shian Min ^a   Huang, Ping Hung ^b   Liu, Jacqueline Ming ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Follicular dendritic cell tumor; Indeterminate cell tumor; Interdigitating reticulum cell tumor; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERDIGITATING CELL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSARCOMA;

EID: 0032435847     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03869.x     Document Type: Article

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