Pituitary prolactinoma with T cell rich inflammatory infiltrate: A possible example of antitumoral immune response to be differentiated from lymphocytic hypophysitis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-399

  Vajtai, Istvan ^a   Sahli, Rahel ^b   Kappeler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; GRANZYME B; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOPHYSITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; PITUITARY DISEASES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTINOMA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33645752824     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0065-9     Document Type: Article

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