Occult hepatosplenic T-gamma delta lymphoma. Value of genotypic analysis in the differential diagnosis.

doi:10.1007/BF00192119

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Occult hepatosplenic T-gamma delta lymphoma. Value of genotypic analysis in the differential diagnosis.

Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Jan 1995

Dommann-Scherrer C C, Kurer S B, Zimmermann D R, Odermatt B F, Dours-Zimmermann M T, Briner J, Heitz P U

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We report on a patient with a rare hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma (gamma delta TCL) presenting clinically with B-symptoms, hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. During the initial stage of the disease the sparse malignant cells could not be detected histologically. Furthermore, their id...

Topics

Genotype
Humans
Immunophenotyping
Liver Neoplasms
Lymphoma, T-Cell
Male
Middle Aged
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
Splenic Neoplasms

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