Plasmablastic lymphoma with MYC translocation: Evidence for a common pathway in the generation of plasmablastic features

Modern Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 991-999

  Taddesse Heath, Lekidelu ^a   Meloni Ehrig, Aurelia ^b   Scheerle, Jay ^b   Kelly, Joann C ^b   Jaffe, Elaine S ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

MYC translocation; plasma cell myeloma; plasmablastic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; MYC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; ONCOGENE MYC; PHENOTYPE; PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954244220     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2010.72     Document Type: Article

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