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[Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma affecting the skin: histological and phenotypic study of 49 cases].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 Nov 2008
Bathelier E, Thomas L, Balme B, Coiffier B, Berger F, Ffrench M, Salles G, Dalle S
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BACKGROUND: No histological or clinical criteria allow distinction between primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZL) and secondary cutaneous forms of systemic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma. Consequently, staging alone can indicate the origin of lymphoma. Lymphoma is considered as primary cutaneous only if no other extracutaneous sites are found. We studied the histological appearance of 49 cutaneous...
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