CD 94

CD94 is a lectin that inhibits Natural Killer cell function. It is usually negative in cytotoxic T-cell lymphomas1. Expression may be associated with a better prognosis in extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type.

Immunohistochemical expression

Diagnostic utility

References

1 Kitamura A, Yamashita Y, Hasegawa Y, et al. Primary lymphoma arising in the nasal cavity among Japanese. Histopathology 2005; 47:523-32

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