Primary cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders with dual lineage rearrangement

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 399-409

  Kazakov, Dmitry V ^a,e   Kutzner, Heinz ^b   Palmedo, Gabriele ^b   Boudova, Ludmila ^a   Michaelis, Sonja ^c   Michal, Michal ^a   Vanecek, Tomas ^a   Magro, Cynthia M ^d   Mukensnabl, Petr ^a   Dummer, Reinhard ^c   Burg, Günter ^c   Kempf, Werner ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bigenotypic lymphoma; CD30; Composite lymphoma; Granuloma; Hodgkin lymphoma; Lineage infidelity; Plasmacytoma; Pseudolymphoma; T cell histiocyte rich large B cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; REED STERNBERG CELL; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTIOCYTES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REED-STERNBERG CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33749483736     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.dad.0000211514.98230.ba     Document Type: Article

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