CD8-positive primary cutaneous anaplastic large T-Cell Lymphoma (PCALCL): Case report and review of this unusual variant of PCALCL

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-491

  Plaza, Jose A ^a   Ortega, Pablo ^a   Lynott, James ^a   Mullane, Michael ^a   Kroft, Steve ^a   Olteanu, Horatiu ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

primary cutaneous anaplastic large T cell

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DERMIS; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMIS; FINGER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIMARY CUTANEOUS ANAPLASTIC LARGE T CELL LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; T CELL LYMPHOMA; BIOPSY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLASSIFICATION; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

BIOPSY; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, ANAPLASTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 77954143765     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181c57ec2     Document Type: Article

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