Peripheral blood polyclonal plasmacytosis mimicking plasma cell leukemia in patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-420

  Ahsanuddin, Arshad N ^a   Brynes, Russell K ^b   Li, Shiyong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma; Flow cytometric immunophenotyping; Peripheral blood; Plasmacytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL T CELL LYMPHOMA; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL LEUKEMIA; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, PLASMA CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 80051660076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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