ALK positive large B-cell lymphoma with a massive neutrophilic infiltrate: Report of a case mimicking epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 496-498

  Lin, Shih Yao ^a   Chuang, Shih Sung ^b   Jhuang, Jie Yang ^a   Sakamoto, Kana ^c   Takeuchi, Kengo ^c   Bahrami, Armita ^d   Tsai, Chien Chen ^a  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; CD30 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DOXORUBICIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; MYC PROTEIN; PREDNISOLONE; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; ILEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM TUMOR; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LETTER; MELENA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR NECROSIS; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL WALL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE TUMOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 84929649891     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202847     Document Type: Letter

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