Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia and other lymphoid infiltrates of the breast nipple: A retrospective clinicopathologic study of fifty-six patients

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-386

  Boudova, Ludmila ^a   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a   Sima, Radek ^a   Vanecek, Tomas ^a   Torlakovic, Emina ^b,c   Lamovec, Janez ^d   Kutzner, Heinz ^e   Szepe, Peter ^f   Plank, Lukas ^f   Bouda, Jirí ^a   Hes, Ondrej ^a   Mukensnabl, Petr ^a   Michal, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Radium Hospital   (Norway)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^e Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^f University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Breast; Cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia; Lymphoma; Nipple; Spindle cell

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BREAST AREOLA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NIPPLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 25644437018     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000179463.55129.8a     Document Type: Article

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