Spectrum of histopathologic diagnosis of lymph node biopsies: A descriptive study from a tertiary care center in South India over 5 years

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Roy, Arun ^a   Kar, Rakhee ^a   Basu, Debdatta ^a   Badhe, Bhawana Ashok ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hodgkin lymphoma; lymph node; lymphadenopathy; non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOIMMUNOBLASTIC T CELL LYMPHOMA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTE-RICH CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; MIXED CELLULARITY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NK T CELL LYMPHOMA; NODULAR LYMPHOCYTE PREDOMINANT HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NODULAR SCLEROSIS HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMINOMA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMALL CELL SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885416190     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.118692     Document Type: Article

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