Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen (SANT): Clinicopathological study of 10 cases with or without abdominal disseminated calcifying fibrous tumors, and the presence of a significant number of IgG4+ plasma cells

Pathology International

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 844-850

  Kuo, Tseng Tong ^a   Chen, Tse Ching ^a   Lee, Li Yu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcifying fibrous tumor; IgG4 plasma cell; IgG4 related sclerosing disease; Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation; Spleen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFYING FIBROUS TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSING ANGIOMATOID NODULAR TRANSFORMATION; SPLEEN INJURY; VASCULAR LESION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, FIBROUS TISSUE; PLASMA CELLS; SCLEROSIS; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 71049157541     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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