Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive large B-cell lymphoma: Unusual clinical and immunophenotypic features

• Main Authors: Komal S Galani (Author), Vijaya S Gadage (Author), P G Subramanian (Author), Sridhar Epari (Author), Sitaram Ghogale (Author), Sumeet Gujral (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive large B-cell lymphoma (ALK+ LBCL) is a rare subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. It is characterized by plasmacytic differentiation and cytoplasmic ALK positivity. Immunophenotype of ALK+ LBCL defines the terminally differentiated B-lineage cell charact...