Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: A clinicopathologic, lmmunophenotypic, and molecular study of 22 Asian cases according to WHO-EORTC classification

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1495-1502

  Kong, Yun Yi ^a,b   Dai, Bo ^a,b   Kong, Jin Cheng ^c   Zhou, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Lu, Hong Fen ^a,b   Shen, Lei ^a,b   Du, Xiang ^a,b   Shi, Da Ren ^a,b  

^a Cancer Hospital   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A b T cell; Epstein Barr virus; G d T cell; Subcutaneous panniculitis like T cell lymphoma; T cell receptor; WHO EORTC classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PANNICULITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; T CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER INVASION; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CD30 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD30; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, CD8; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PANNICULITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 53449096633     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31817a9081     Document Type: Article

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