Primary pituitary lymphoma: A histological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study with literature review

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-49

  Moshkin, Olga ^a   Muller, Paul ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^c   Juco, Jonathan ^a   Horvath, Eva ^a   Patterson, Bruce J ^b   Kamel Reid, Suzzane ^b   Kovacs, Kalman ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Lymphoma; Pituitary; Sellar mass

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 6; VIMENTIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66349105943     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9062-6     Document Type: Review

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