Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: Further evidence for a distinct neoplasm originating from large granular lymphocytes of T/NK phenotype

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 394-400

  Dargent, Jean Louis ^a,d   Roufosse, Candice ^a   Delville, Jean Pierre ^b   Kentos, Alain ^b   Delplace, Jérôme ^a   Kornreich, Anne ^b   Cochaux, Pascale ^b   Hilbert, Pascale ^c   Pradier, Olivier ^b   Feremans, Walter ^b  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Belgium)

^d JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GRANZYME B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PANNICULITIS; PHENOTYPE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX WALL; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PANNICULITIS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 7344226185     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1998.tb01764.x     Document Type: Article

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