Castleman's disease of the leptomeninges - Immunohistochemical findings in 2 cases

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 278-283

  Ropponen, Kirsi M ^a,b   Kankkunen, J P ^a,b   Ronkainen, A ^a   Vihavainen, M ^a   Alafuzoff, I ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia; Castleman's disease; Leptomeninges

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HEADACHE; HELPER CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE;

EID: 0036855324     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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