Fatal subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma γ/δ subtype (cutaneous γ/δ T-cell lymphoma): Report of a case and review of the literature

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-599

  Kao, Grace F ^a,b,c   Resh, Brooke ^c   McMahon, Christine ^c   Gojo, Ivana ^c   Sun, Chen Chih ^c   Phillips, Daniel ^c   Zhao, Xianfeng Frank ^c  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Panniculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DENILEUKIN DIFTITOX; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE; VORINOSTAT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUTROPENIA; PANNICULITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS PANNICULITIS LIKE T CELL LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 59849113227     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318182c7bf     Document Type: Article

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