Peripheral T-cell lymphoma presenting as ascites: A case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 382-384

  Vakar López, Funda ^a,b   Yang, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Effusion cytology; Immunophenotyping; T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NAUSEA; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VOMITING;

ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM;

EID: 0344417248     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199906)20:6<382::AID-DC11>3.3.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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