Atypical lymphoplasmacytic and immunoblastic proliferation from rheumatoid arthritis: A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Kojima, Masaru ^a,b   Motoori, Tadashi ^c   Hosomura, Yasuo ^d   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b   Sakata, Noriyuki ^e   Masawa, Nobuhide ^a  

^a GUNMA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Happiness Clinic   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical lymphoplasmacytic and immunoblastic proliferation; Lymphadenopathy; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE DURATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GOLD THERAPY; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 30944437225     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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