Florid reactive lymphoid hyperplasia of the lower female genital tract (Lymphoma-like lesion): A benign condition that frequently harbors clonal immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangements

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Geyer, Julia Turbiner ^a   Ferry, Judith A ^a   Harris, Nancy L ^a   Young, Robert H ^a   Longtine, Janina A ^b   Zukerberg, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Clonality; Endometrium; Lymphoma like lesion

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLONE CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; UTERINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649135880     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181cc4f12     Document Type: Article

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