Indeterminate cell tumor: A rare dendritic neoplasm

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1868-1876

  Rezk, Sherif A ^a   Spagnolo, Dominic V ^d   Brynes, Russell K ^b   Weiss, Lawrence M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Anatomical Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birbeck granules; Dendritic; Histiocytes; Indeterminate; Langerhans; Langerin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDETERMINATE CELL TUMOR; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD DISEASE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD207 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 58749088082     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31818593d6     Document Type: Article

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