Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the stomach with atypical morphological features

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 553-556

  Terracciano, Luigi ^a,b,b   Kocher, Thomas ^b   Cathomas, Gieri ^b   Bubendorf, Lukas ^b   Lehmann, Frank Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Histiocytosis X; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH WALL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FATAL OUTCOME; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROSCOPY; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032860125     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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