Article
Novel leukemic lymphoma with probable derivation from immature stage of natural killer (NK) lineage in an aged patient.
Hematological oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Kawano S, Tatsumi E, Yoneda N, Yamaguchi N, Goji J, Ito H, Nagai T, Nishikori M, Okamura A, Koiwai O
Abstract excerpt
A 66-year-old male patient was admitted with dyspnea; physical examination revealed petechiae and systemic lymphadenopathy. Laboratory findings showed leukemia. The blasts in the peripheral blood were negative for cytochemical myeloperoxidase, and had condensed nuclear chromatin with a nucleolus....
Topics
- Aged
- Antigens, Surface
- CD3 Complex
- DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase
- Gene Expression
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Leukemia
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Lymphocyte Activation
