Unique composite hematolymphoid tumor consisting of a Pro-T lymphoblastic lymphoma and an indeterminate dendritic cell tumor: Evidence for divergent common progenitor cell differentiation

Pathobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 199-205

  Buser, Lorenz ^a   Bihl, Michel ^a   Rufle, Alex ^a   Mickys, Ugnius ^b   Tavoriene, Ilma ^b   Griskevicius, Laimonas ^b   Tzankov, Alexandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Gene rearrangement; Indeterminate dendritic cell tumor; Lymphoblastic lymphoma; NRAS gene; PU.1; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOSIALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC CELL SARCOMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENERALIZED LYMPHADENOPATHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOLYMPHOID TUMOR; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MONOSOMY; MONOSOMY 18; POINT MUTATION; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLENOMEGALY; STEM CELL; STOMACH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CELL LINEAGE; COMPOSITE LYMPHOMA; DENDRITIC CELL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COMPOSITE LYMPHOMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84912128265     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365396     Document Type: Article

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