Intravascular proliferation of reactive lymphoid blasts mimicking intravascular lymphoma--a diagnostic pitfall.

Department of Cellular Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals, UK.
Histopathology (Impact Factor: 2.86). 10/2007; 51(3):401-2. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02758.x
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