Turkish Journal of Cancer |
1996, Volume 26, Number 4, Page(s) 165-170 |
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T-cell rich B-cell lymphoma: a report of a case with an unusual aggressive clinical course |
AYDIN İŞİSAĞ1, MİNE HEKİMGİL2, SEMİN AYHAN2, SALİHA SOYDAN2 |
Department of Pathology, 1İzmir Atatürk State Hospital 2Ege University Medical School, İzmir-Turkey |
T-cell rich B-cell lymphomas are a morphologically and probably biologically heterogeneous group of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas containing scattered large L26 positive B-cells among the majority of reactive small UCHL-1 positive T-cells. This type of lymphoma seems to be a morphologic variant of large B-cell lymphomas rather than a distinct entity. These lymphomas must be distinguished from peripheral T-cell lymphomas and Hodgkin’s lymphoma on the basis of immunologic and when available, genotypic analysis. The rarity of T-ceIl rich B-cell lymphoma and the unusual aggressive course in this case, which conflicts with the general statement claiming an apparently higher survival rate than T-cell lymphomas, make this rare entity worth to be reported.
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