Tonsillar lesions of infectious mononucleosis resembling MALT type lymphoma. A report of two cases

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-492

  Kojima, Masaru ^a   Kitamoto, Yoshizumi ^a   Shimizu, Kazuhiko ^b   Matsuda, Hazuki ^c   Masawa, Nobuhide ^c  

^a GUNMA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein barr virus; Immunohistochemistry; Infectious mononucleosis; MALT type lymphoma; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

LEUKOSIALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; JAPANESE; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONSIL TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MALE; PALATINE TONSIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 60049097451     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-008-9033-0     Document Type: Article

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