Thymic epithelial cells expressed unusual follicular dendritic cell markers: Thymic extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 402-405

  Masunaga, Atsuko ^a   Iwamoto, Sanju ^c   Nakamura, Hisayoshi ^b   Usuda, Rhosuke ^a   Masuda, Mikio ^a   Suzuki, Shuichi ^a   Miyazaki, Akira ^c   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Mitsuya, Toshiyuki ^a   Yoshitake, Tsuyoshi ^d  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mechatroscience   (Japan)

^d Department of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokeratins; Follicular dendritic cell; MALT lymphoma; Thymic epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

DENDRITIC CELLS, FOLLICULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 43549095254     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02243.x     Document Type: Article

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