Floral variant of follicular lymphoma containing marginal zone B-cell component: Report of two cases

APMIS

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 638-642

  Kojima, Masaru ^a,b   Tanaka, H ^b   Matsuda, H ^b   Iijima, M ^a   Motoori, T ^c   Masawa, N ^b  

^a GUNMA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginal zone B cell; Floral variant; Follicular lymphoma; Marginal zone B cell lymphoma; Progressive transformation of germinal center

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DENDRITIC CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27644492066     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm_274.x     Document Type: Article

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