A case of natural killer/T cell lymphoma of the subcutis resembling subcutaneous panniculitis-like T cell lymphoma

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Yamashita, Yoriko ^a   Tsuzuki, Toyonori ^b   Nakayama, Atsuo ^a   Fujino, Masahiko ^a   Mori, Naoyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD56; Cytotoxic molecules; Epstein Barr virus; Natural killer cell; Natural killer T cell lymphoma; Polyclonal CD3; Subcutaneous panniculitis like T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B; LEUKOSIALIN; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FAT NECROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANNICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PANNICULITIS; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032898929     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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