Infectious mononucleosis mimicking lymphoma: Distinguishing morphological and immunophenotypic features

Modern Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1149-1159

  Louissaint, Abner ^a   Ferry, Judith A ^a   Soupir, Chad P ^a   Hasserjian, Robert P ^a   Harris, Nancy L ^a   Zukerberg, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; infectious mononucleosis; lymphoma

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLAST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; REED-STERNBERG CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864533856     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.70     Document Type: Review

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