Acute myeloid dendritic cell leukaemia with specific cutaneous involvement: A diagnostic challenge

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1129-1133

  Ferran, M ^a   Gallardo, F ^a   Ferrer, A M ^a   Salar, A ^a   Perez Vila E ^a   Juanpere, N ^a   Salgado, R ^a   Espinet, B ^a   Orfao, A ^b   Florensa, L ^a   Pujol, R M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blastic natural killer cell lymphoma; CD4+ CD56+ cutaneous neoplasm; Dendritic cell leukaemia; Haematodermic neoplasm; Myeloid dendritic cell

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOID DENDRITIC CELL LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD56+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENDRITIC CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD56; DENDRITIC CELLS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42049095295     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08480.x     Document Type: Article

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