Leukemic phase of anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive, anaplastic large cell lymphoma

• Main Authors: Vijaya S Gadage (Author), P G Subramanian (Author), Komal S Galani (Author), Kunal K Sehgal (Author), Sachin P Johari (Author), Vijay S Ghogale (Author), Y Badrinath (Author), K Ashok (Author), Sumeet Gujral (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a distinct type of CD30+ T/null-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that frequently involves nodal and extranodal sites. The presence of leukemic phase in ALCL is extremely rare and occurs exclusively with ALK1-positive ALCL. We describe two patients with ALK1-p...