Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) without effusion: A patient case report of a PEL solid variant

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-190

  Giessen, Clemens ^a   Di Gioia, Dorit ^a   Huber, Bruno ^a   Seppi, Bettina ^a   Graser, Anno ^a   Duerr, Hans Roland ^a   Mayr, Doris ^a   Kirchner, Thomas ^a   Rosenwald, Andreas ^b   Forstpointner, Roswitha ^a   Heinemann, Volker ^a   Bogner, Johannes R ^c   Ostermann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Internal Medicine i   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ALBUMIN; ANTIGEN P24; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PREDNISONE; SYNDECAN 1; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARM MOVEMENT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GERMINAL CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY EFFUSION LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX PAIN; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA, PRIMARY EFFUSION; MALE;

EID: 84856104180     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200279     Document Type: Letter

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