Three cases of extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma of the nasal type diagnosed by nasal brush cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-129

  Kishimoto, Koji ^a   Kitamura, Takashi ^a   Hirayama, Yoshiko ^a   Tate, Genshu ^a   Mitsuya, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomorphology; Lymphoma; Nasal cavity; NK T cell

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL TYPE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NOSE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846997567     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20604     Document Type: Article

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