Lymphohistiocytic anaplastic large cell lymphoma involving skin: A diagnostic challenge

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-287

  Chuang, Shih Sung ^a   Hsieh, Yen Chuan ^a   Ye, Hongtao ^b   Hwang, Wei Shou ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ALK; Anaplastic large cell lymphoma; CD30 positive T cell lymphoproliferative disorder; Granuloma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; CD30 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTIC ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; METASTASIS; NECK TUMOR; NULL CELL; PAPULE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMISSION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TAIWAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD30; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, ANAPLASTIC; MALE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 61649092241     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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