CNS T-cell lymphoma: An under-recognized entity?

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-356

  Dulai, Mohanpal Singh ^a   Park, Christopher Y ^a   Howell, William D ^a   Smyth, Lawrence T ^b   Desai, Mayuri ^b   Carter, Diane M ^b   Vogel, Hannes ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Monoclonal T cell; Primary CNS lymphoma; Reactive lymphoid infiltrate; T cell lymphoma; T cell receptor rearrangement

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOMA CELL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 39749196802     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0338-y     Document Type: Article

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