Histiocytic sarcoma transdifferentiated from follicular lymphoma presenting as a cutaneous tumor

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 999-1003

  Zeng, Weifen ^a   Meck, Jeanne ^b   Cheson, Bruce D ^a   Ozdemirli, Metin ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell lymphoma; follicular lymphoma; histiocytic sarcoma; transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 18; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; GENES, BCL-2; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 80755136576     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2011.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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