Blastic NK cell lymphoma
| Blastic NK cell lymphoma | |
| ICD-O: | 9727/3 |
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Overview
Blastic NK cell lymphoma is a type of lymphoma.
Pathophysiology
It does not appear to be associated with Epstein Barr virus.[1]
Diagnosis
Cells are positive for CD4 and CD56.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Chan JK, Sin VC, Wong KF; et al. (1997). "Nonnasal lymphoma expressing the natural killer cell marker CD56: a clinicopathologic study of 49 cases of an uncommon aggressive neoplasm". Blood. 89 (12): 4501–13. PMID 9192774. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Ng AP, Lade S, Rutherford T, McCormack C, Prince HM, Westerman DA (2006). "Primary cutaneous CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm (blastic NK-cell lymphoma): a report of five cases". Haematologica. 91 (1): 143–4. PMID 16434387. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Kim Y, Kang MS, Kim CW, Sung R, Ko YH (2005). "CD4+CD56+ lineage negative hematopoietic neoplasm: so called blastic NK cell lymphoma". J. Korean Med. Sci. 20 (2): 319–24. PMID 15832009. Unknown parameter
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