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ALK activation by the CLTC-ALK fusion is a recurrent event in large B-cell lymphoma.
Blood - 1 Oct 2003
De Paepe Pascale, Baens Mathijs, van Krieken Han, Verhasselt Bruno, Stul Michel, Simons Annet, Poppe Bruce, Laureys Geneviève, Brons Paul, Vandenberghe Peter, Speleman Frank, Praet Marleen, De Wolf-Peeters Chris, Marynen Peter, Wlodarska Iwona
Abstract excerpt
We present 3 cases of large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) with a granular cytoplasmic staining for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). All of the cases showed striking similarities in morphology and immunohistochemical profile characterized by a massive monomorphic proliferation of CD20-/CD138+ plasmablast-like cells. In one of the cases, initially diagnosed as a null-type anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), the B-cell...
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