Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 257-262 , August 2009

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma/tumor: 2 cases of a rare tumor of difficult clinical and pathological diagnosis

  • Mónica B. Romero-Guadarrama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit of the General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
    • National Autonomous University of Mexico Medical School, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 78 46 08; fax: +55 78 46 08.
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  • Olinka Reyes-Posada, MD

      Affiliations

    • General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
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  • María M. Hernández-González, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit of the General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Marco A. Durán-Padilla, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit of the General Hospital of Mexico, OD, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico
    • National Autonomous University of Mexico Medical School, 06726 Mexico City, Mexico

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2008.02.013

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 257-262 , August 2009

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