Follicular Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Expands the Spectrum of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Mimics.

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serval:BIB_74101BE56B22
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Follicular Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Expands the Spectrum of Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Mimics.
Journal
American Journal of Surgical Pathology
Author(s)
Moroch J., Copie-Bergman C., de Leval L., Plonquet A., Martin-Garcia N., Delfau-Larue M.H., Molinier-Frenkel V., Belhadj K., Haioun C., Audouin J., Swerdlow S.H., Marafioti T., Gaulard P.
ISSN
1532-0979 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0147-5185
Publication state
Published
Issued date
11/2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
36
Number
11
Pages
1636-1646
Language
english
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Publication types: JOURNAL ARTICLEPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected B cells with Reed-Sternberg-like cell (RS) features may occur in peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs), especially in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Here, we report 5 patients presenting with lymphadenopathy whose first biopsies demonstrated nodular lymphoid proliferations containing scattered CD30, CD15, EBV Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg-like cells, which led to an initial diagnosis of lymphocyte-rich classical Hodgkin lymphoma. However, the uncommon clinical features and/or the occurrence of relapse as PTCL prompted review of the biopsies with expanded immunohistologic and molecular studies and revision of the diagnoses to follicular variant of PTCL (F-PTCL). All cases had atypical small to medium-sized CD3 T cells that expressed CD10 (4/5) and the follicular helper T-cell (TFH) antigens BCL6, PD1, CXCL13, and ICOS. All demonstrated clonal T cells with a similar pattern in multiple samples from 4 patients. In 2 cases, flow cytometry demonstrated circulating lymphocytes with an abnormal sCD3, CD4, ICOS immunophenotype. Two patients had a skin rash at presentation, and 1 had B symptoms. Two of the 4 patients treated with polychemotherapy are alive at 3 and 6 years after first diagnosis. These cases highlight how some F-PTCLs may closely mimic lymphocyte-rich classical Hodgkin lymphoma requiring careful assessment of the T cells before rendering the latter diagnosis. The functional properties of TFH cells might lead to the presence of EBV-positive B blasts with RS-like features in TFH-derived PTCL such as angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and F-PTCL.
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