Simultaneous Occurrence of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Leukemia
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Simultaneous Occurrence of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma and Plasma Cell Leukemia
A 73-yr-old man was evaluated for fever and multiple palpable nodules in his neck and inguinal areas. Biopsy of a cervical lymph node demonstrated polymorphic infiltrates including Tcells with abundant clear cytoplasm (clear cells), follicular dendritic cells, and plasma cells in the background of prominent arborizing high endothelial venules. The involved lymph node had typical histological an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2234-3806,2234-3814
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.1.149