Primary Extranodal Marginal Zone B-cell Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue-type in the Thymus of a Patient with Sjögren's Syndrome and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 897-900

  Kim, Jin Man ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Lymphoma Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue; Lymphoma, B cell; Rheumatoid; Sj gren's Syndrome; Thymus Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONOCYTE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PATIENT; PLASMA CELL; PRIMARY THYMIC MARGINAL ZONE B CELL LYMPHOMA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SOLID TUMOR; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0347694741     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2003.18.6.897     Document Type: Article

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