Macrophage collections in gastrointestinal biopsies and metabolic disorders: Two unusual case reports [2]

Histopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 196-198

  Lambert, I ^a   Fransis, S ^a   Ectors, N ^a   Desreumaux, P ^b   Geboes, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTHRACENE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHLORDANE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE DISEASE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOAM CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0037329355     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01532_2.x     Document Type: Letter

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