Article
Large-cell anaplastic lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract: an immuno- and genotypic study on archival material.
Hematologic pathology - 1 Jan 1994
Griesser H, Henry M, Boie C, Banerjee D
Abstract excerpt
Primary large-cell anaplastic lymphomas (LCAL) presenting in the gastrointestinal tract are rare and sometimes difficult to distinguish from nonlymphoid tumors. Because recognition of these tumors as lymphoma has clinical and prognostic implications for the patient, the diagnostic contribution of genotyping by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and of immunophenotyping was evaluated in 16 routinely processed samples...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, CD
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains