Hepato-splenic γδ T-cell lymphoma: A rare entity mimicking the hemophagocytic syndrome

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-65

  Nosari, Annamaria ^a   Oreste, Pier Luigi ^a   Blondi, Andrea ^b   Costantini, Maurizio Caroli ^a   Santoleri, Luca ^a   Intropido, Liliana ^a   Muti, Giuliana ^a   Pungolino, Ester ^a   Gargantini, Livio ^a   Morra, Enrica ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemophagocytic syndrome; Hepato splenic T Cell lymphoma; PCR

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; MALE; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032589753     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199901)60:1<61::AID-AJH10>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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