ISSN:
1569-8041
Keywords:
cytogenetics
;
peripheral T-cell lymphoma
;
phenotype
;
T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
;
T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (T-CLL) has recently been reclassified under the heading of T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia (T-PLL) because of its unfavourable clinical course, independently of the morphologic features. This rare neoplasm usually shows CD4+/CD8− phenotype. Herein we report on two cases of T-PLL with CD8 expression that correspond to a possible variant of the disease first proposed by Hui et al. in 1987. These cases presented with malignant cells showing immunophenotypic features that can be easily identified and distinguished from other peripheral T-cell leukemias. However, the total number of cases studied is inadequate for defining a discrete clinico-pathologic entity with characteristic clinical features and cytogenetical abnormalities. An international collaboration in which tissue from similar cases is referred to a central pathologist for immunophenotyping and cytogenetical study, and clinical data are centrally compiled, may assist in defining this rare malady as a discrete clinico-pathologic entity.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008349422735
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