Rimming of adipocytes by neoplastic lymphocytes: A histopathologic feature not restricted to subcutaneous T-cell lymphoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-12

  Lozzi, Gian Piero ^a,b   Massone, Cesare ^a   Citarella, Luigi ^a,c   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blastic NK cell lymphoma; Cytotoxic T cell lymphoma; Extranodal NK T cell lymphoma; Mycosis fungoides; Nasal type; Rimming of adipocytes; Subcutaneous "panniculitis like"; T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADIPOCYTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER STAGING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PANNICULITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR CELL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADIPOCYTES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745948131     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000187933.87103.03     Document Type: Article

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