Ph-negative non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occurring in chronic phase of Ph-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia is defined as a generically different neoplasm from extramedullary localized blast crisis: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Leukemia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-182

  Ichinohasama, R ^a   Miura, I ^b   Takahashi, N ^b   Sugawara, T ^c   Tamate, E ^c   Endoh, K ^d   Endoh, F ^d   Naganuma, H ^d   DeCoteau, J F ^e   Griffin, J D ^f   Kadin, M E ^f   Ooya, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Furukawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^d SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Extramedullary localized blast crisis; Ph negative (Ph( )) non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Ph positive chronic myelogenous leukemia

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; CD30 ANTIGEN; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PLEURA BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0033955864     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401606     Document Type: Article

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