Composite chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma and follicular lymphoma are biclonal lymphomas: A report of two cases

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 647-659

  Boiocchi, Leonardo ^a,b   Witter, Rosanny Espinal ^a   He, Bing ^a   Subramaniyam, Shivakumar ^a   Mathew, Susan ^a   Nie, Kui ^a   Cerutti, Andrea ^a   Coleman, Morton ^a   Knowles, Daniel M ^a   Orazi, Attilio ^a   Tam, Wayne ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Clone; Composite lymphoma; Follicular lymphoma; Laser microdissection

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN BCL 2; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; B LYMPHOCYTE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84860579187     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPHXO5UGW2OELA     Document Type: Article

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