Thyroid low-grade B-cell lymphoma (MALT type) with extreme plasmacytic differentiation: Report of a case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration and flow cytometric study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Al Marzooq, Yusef M ^a   Chopra, Rajan ^a   Younis, Mohammed ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman S ^a   Al Mommatten, Mohammed I ^a   Al Omran, Soad H ^b  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; MALT lymphoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PLASMA CELL; PLASMACYTOID LYMPHOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID LOW GRADE B CELL LYMPHOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042841185     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20086     Document Type: Article

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