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B-Cell Lymphoma
Studies from Osaka University add new findings in the area of B-cell lymphoma
November 10th, 2009
"The aim of this study was to clarify whether diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with a high number of epithelioid histiocytes (DLBCL-EH) could have distinctive clinicopathological characteristics. Clinicopathological findings in 22 cases with DLBCL-EH and, as a control, 96 cases with ordinary type of DLBCL were analyzed," investigators in Suita, Japan report. "There were ten men and 12 women with ages ranging from 38 to 91 (median, 64) years. The primary site was lymph node in 16 cases, extranodal organs in three, and unknown in three. Stage of disease was I in five cases, II in three, III in nine, and IV in five. Histologically, there was a diffuse proliferation of...
Source: Virus Weekly (2009-11-10)
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