Cutaneous intravascular NK-cell lymphoma: Report of a rare variant associated with Epstein-Barr virus

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1197-1201

  Kuo, Tseng Tong ^a   Chen, Ming Jing ^a   Kuo, Ming Chung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Intravascular lymphoma; NK cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TIA 1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS INTRAVASCULAR NATURAL KILLER CELL LYMPHOMA; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RECEPTOR GENE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NODULE; VASCULAR TUMOR; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748063276     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000213263.99973.09     Document Type: Article

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