Progressive transformation of germinal center presenting with histological features of hyaline-vascular type of Castleman's disease

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 288-295

  Kojima, Masaru ^a,b   Nakamura, Shigeo ^c   Miyawaki, Shuuichi ^d   Ohno, Yoshihiro ^d   Sakata, Noriyuki ^e   Masawa, Nobuhide ^b  

^a GUNMA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Maebashi Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^e Tone Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Castleman's disease; Follicular hyperplasia; Hyaline vascular type; Lymph node; Progressive transformed germinal center

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRITIC CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE TRANSFORMATION OF THE GERMINAL CENTER; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GERMINAL CENTER; GIANT LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; HUMANS; HYALIN; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 18744382130     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_08.x     Document Type: Article

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