Primary cutaneous CD56 positive lymphoma: A diagnostic conundrum in an unusual case of lymphoma

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 540-544

  Schieke, Stefan M ^a   Sharaf, Mohammed A ^a   Lerner, Adam ^a   Rünger, Thomas M ^a   Mahalingam, Meera ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell lymphoma; CD56; EBER; Epstein Barr virus; extranodal NK T cell lymphoma; nasal type; surface CD3

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ENCODED RNA 1; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS ENCODED RNA 1; NCAM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIROLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; RNA, VIRAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84860224882     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2012.01874.x     Document Type: Review

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