Plasmablastic Lymphoma of Head and Neck: Report of Two New Cases and Correlation with c-myc and IgVH Gene Mutation Status

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-155

  Hassan, Anjum ^a   Kreisel, Friederike ^a   Gardner, Laura ^b   Lewis Jr , James S ^a   El Mofty, Samir K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated non Hodgkin's lymphoma; c myc gene rearrangement; Immunoglobulin variable heavy chain hypermutation status; Plasmablastic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYC PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH TUMOR; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

ADULT; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, IMMUNOBLASTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION, IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

EID: 69749107177     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-007-0006-5     Document Type: Article

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