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Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the tonsil: An immunohistochemical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. G. Watson*
Affiliation:
Birmingham
J. Crocker
Affiliation:
Birmingham
*
M. G. Watson, F.R.C.S., ENT Department, Freeman Hospital. High Heaton. Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE7 7DN.

Abstract

Twenty-one patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving the palatine tonsil were studied in an attempt to relate pathological data to clinical outcome. Eleven tumours were classified as low-grade and ten as high-grade on morphological criteria. The results of immunohistochemical investigations are presented; all tumours but one were of B-cell origin. None of the pathological factors studied were found to be useful prognostic indicators.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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