A rare case of plasmacytoma-like post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder presenting in the skin of a lung transplant patient

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-602

  McFarlane, R ^a   Hurst, S ^a   Sabath, D ^a   George, E ^a   Argenyi, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNDECAN 1; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; PLASMACYTOMA LIKE POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS; PLASMACYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNDECAN-1;

EID: 43349104600     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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