Early molecular detection of central nervous system relapse in a child with systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-406

  Armstrong, Gregory ^a   Szallasi, Arpad ^a   Biegel, Jaclyn A ^a   Shurtleff, Sheila ^b   Bilaniuk, Larissa T ^a   Womer, Richard B ^a   Choi, John Kim ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS relapse; Hematology oncology; Hematopathology; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Radiology; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, KI-1; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 14644442912     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20250     Document Type: Review

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