A case of splenic lymphoma with marked diffuse nodular fibrosis and calcification, complicated with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Yamazaki, K ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Dystrophic calcification; Immunologic abnormality; Lymphoproliferation; Splenic marginal zone lymphoma

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FIBROSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0642303105     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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