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Ahn A, Park CJ, Cho YU, Jang S, Seo EJ, Lee JH, Yoon DH, Suh C. Clinical, Laboratory, and Bone Marrow Findings of 31 Patients With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia. Ann Lab Med 2020; 40:193-200. [PMID: 31858758 PMCID: PMC6933056 DOI: 10.3343/alm.2020.40.3.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a subset of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) with bone marrow (BM) involvement and an IgM monoclonal gammopathy of any level. We aimed to identify the clinical, laboratory, and BM findings of patients with WM and to evaluate the usefulness of CD154 for the diagnosis and prognosis of WM. Methods We reviewed the medical records and BM studies and/or flow cytometric immunotyping of 31 patients with untreated WM. Semiquantitative immunohistochemistry (CD20, CD138, tryptase, and CD154) of BM was performed. Results Only six patients presented with symptoms of hyperviscosity syndrome. Eleven patients had solid cancer and/or another hematologic malignancy. Mast cells (MC) increased in all samples, with some in close contact with tumor cells. Tryptase-positive MC (17.1/ high-power fields [HPF], 1.2–72.0/HPF) and CD154-positive MC (8.6/HPF, 0.1–31.1/HPF) were observed. The high CD154-positive MC (≥8.6/HPF) group showed a lower overall five-year survival rate than the low CD154-positive MC (<8.6/HPF) group (71.9% vs. 100.0%; P=0.012). Flow cytometric immunophenotyping of BM aspirates showed increased B lymphocytes and plasma cells with a normal phenotype (CD138+/CD38+/CD19+/CD45+/CD56−). Conclusions Approximately one third of WM patients showed other malignancies and all patients had increased MC. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometric immunophenotyping are useful for diagnosing WM, and increased CD154-positive MC can indicate poor prognosis.
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- Ari Ahn
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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The thymus is a dynamic organ that undergoes changes throughout life and can demonstrate a myriad of pathologic alterations. A number of benign entities of the thymus prove to be diagnostic dilemmas owing to their resemblance and association with true thymic tumors. These are usually discovered incidentally on routine imaging and most patients are either asymptomatic or present with signs and symptoms of compression of adjacent organs. The radiologic appearance of these lesions varies from simple cysts to complex masses that are suspicious for malignancy. The diagnosis is usually made purely on morphologic grounds, however, immunohistochemical stains can help rule out possible differential diagnoses. Surgical removal is usually curative in these lesions and recurrences are rare. The prognosis is excellent, however, some of these lesions may be associated with myasthenia gravis and/or thymomas. In this review, we describe non-neoplastic lesions and benign tumoral lesions of the thymus, with emphasis on the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features. The differential diagnosis of each entity is also discussed.
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Weissferdt A, Moran CA. Thymic hyperplasia with lymphoepithelial sialadenitis (LESA)-like features: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 4 cases. Am J Clin Pathol 2012; 138:816-22. [PMID: 23161715 DOI: 10.1309/ajcpm6w5mhzmuzrs] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Four cases of an unusual type of thymic hyperplasia strongly resembling lymphoepithelial sialadenitis (LESA) of the salivary glands are described. The patients were 2 men and 2 women aged 37 to 53 years. On histologic examination, abundant lymphoid tissue with lymphoid follicles containing germinal centers and areas of plasma cell infiltration were seen. The epithelial component consisted of a proliferation of Hassall corpuscles and islands of thymic epithelial cells. Cystic changes and lymphoepithelial lesions were identified in all cases, but a monocytoid B-cell population was absent. On immunohistochemical examination, a mixed B- and T-cell population was identified, and polymerase chain reaction performed in 1 case showed polyclonality. Follow-up revealed that all patients were alive 5 months to 9 years after diagnosis. The cases in this series represent a distinct type of thymic hyperplasia that histologically strongly resembles LESA. The clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical features are presented, and a possible relationship with thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is discussed.
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Chi PJ, Pei SN, Huang TL, Huang SC, Ng HY, Lee CT. Renal MALT lymphoma associated with Waldenström macroglobulinemia. J Formos Med Assoc 2012; 113:255-7. [PMID: 24685302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Revised: 01/26/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) is mostly seen in the gastrointestinal tract; origin from the kidney is extremely rare. Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a clinicopathologic syndrome denoted by the presence of monoclonal gammopathy in the serum, typically caused by lymphoproliferative disorder. Literature review did not find any report of renal MALT lymphoma accompanied by WM. Herein, for the first time, we report a 72 year-old female patient with a history of chronic kidney disease, presenting with solitary renal mass; MALT lymphoma was confirmed by pathological examination. A serology study identified the presence of WM. No manifestation of hyperviscosity syndrome was noted. Bone marrow biopsy disclosed the concurrent systemic involvement. Her treatment response was uneventful and the renal mass responded with regressive change in size after chemotherapy. The renal function remained stable during follow-up. MALT lymphoma should be considered as an underlying pathology of isolated renal mass. Furthermore, patients with MALT lymphoma should be screened for Waldenström macroglobulinemia and hyperviscosity syndrome.
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- Po-Jui Chi
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan.
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Weissferdt A, Moran CA. Primary MALT-type lymphoma of the thymus: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of six cases. Lung 2011; 189:461-6. [PMID: 21989494 DOI: 10.1007/s00408-011-9335-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Six cases of primary extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the thymus (MALT [mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue]) are described. METHODS The patients were all women between 48 and 59 years. Clinically, all patients, except for one, were Caucasians. Two patients had a history of autoimmune disease, while one was being investigated for such a possibility. The remaining three patients did not have a history of autoimmune disorders. RESULTS In those patients who had symptoms related to their anterior mediastinal masses, nonspecific symptoms, including shortness of breath and chest pain, predominated. Histologically, the tumors had the classical morphologic features of cystic and solid areas with an atypical monocytoid cellular proliferation. Immunohistochemical stains performed in all cases showed kappa monotypic expression and B-cell phenotype. CONCLUSIONS The current cases highlight that MALT lymphomas of the thymus can occur in a setting not related to autoimmune disease or in those not of Oriental ethnic background and that mediastinal cystic lesions require proper sampling in order to adequately evaluate the possibility of MALT lymphoma.
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- Annikka Weissferdt
- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Rituximab treatment for Sjogren syndrome-associated non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: case series. Rheumatol Int 2011; 32:3281-4. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2036-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kim DY, Kim YS, Huh HJ, Choi JS, Yeo JS, Kwak BS, Chae SL. A case of monoclonal gammopathy in extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the small intestine. Korean J Lab Med 2011; 31:18-21. [PMID: 21239866 PMCID: PMC3111039 DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Monoclonal gammopathy occurs in one-third of the patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma). However, monoclonal gammopathy has been rarely reported in Korea. Paraprotenemia accompanying MALT lymphoma is strongly correlated with involvement of the bone marrow, and this involvement leads to the progression of the disease. Here, we present a case of a 66-yr-old man diagnosed with IgM monoclonal gammopathy and stage IV extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of the small intestine, with the involvement of the bone marrow.
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- Do Yeun Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea
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Kurabayashi A, Iguchi M, Matsumoto M, Hiroi M, Kume M, Furihata M. Thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma with immunoglobulin-storing histiocytosis in Sjögren's syndrome. Pathol Int 2010; 60:125-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2009.02486.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shimizu K, Yoshida J, Kakegawa S, Astumi J, Kaira K, Oshima K, Miyanaga T, Kamiyoshihara M, Nagai K, Takeyoshi I. Primary Thymic Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma: Diagnostic Tips. J Thorac Oncol 2010; 5:117-21. [DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181c07df8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Braham E, Capron J, Sene D, Capron F, Davi F, Charlotte F. Thymic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-type in a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome and cryoglobulinaemia. Pathology 2009; 41:701-3. [DOI: 10.3109/00313020903305415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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MALT lymphoma of the thymus with Sjögren’s syndrome: biphasic changes in serological abnormalities over a 4-year period following thymectomy. Int J Hematol 2009; 89:709-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-009-0324-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2008] [Revised: 03/12/2009] [Accepted: 04/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Giroux Leprieur E, Antoine M, Gounant V, Copie-Bergman C, Lavole A, Milleron B. [Association between thymic MALT lymphoma and Sjögren's syndrome]. REVUE DE PNEUMOLOGIE CLINIQUE 2009; 65:108-112. [PMID: 19375051 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2008] [Revised: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 12/07/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a rare pathology, often associated with autoimmune diseases. The authors report the case of an Asian woman with Sjögren's syndrome. OBSERVATION A 48-year-old Chinese woman, without past medical history and a non-smoker, presented an alteration in her overall condition, dyspnoea at exercise, inflammatory polyarthralgia, and a dry eye and mouth syndrome over the last few months. Thoracic tomodensitometry detected an anterior heterogenic cystic mediastinal mass. A mediastinotomy was performed. The diagnosis of the surgical biopsy was thymic MALT lymphoma. The authors also diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome with the presence of four diagnostic criteria. Chemotherapy by rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone induced major tumoral regression. The patient declined surgery and will be monitored. CONCLUSION Thymic MALT lymphoma is a rare pathology. There is a high correlation with autoimmune diseases, like Sjögren's syndrome. Its appearance is that of an anterior mediastinal mass with a cystic component. The treatment is not well codified and is most often based on surgical resection, eventually followed by chemotherapy or radiotherapy. As far as the authors know, this is the second case of thymic MALT lymphoma treated by exclusive chemotherapy.
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- E Giroux Leprieur
- Unité fonctionnelle d'oncologie thoracique, service de pneumologie et réanimation respiratoire, hôpital Tenon, 75020 Paris, France.
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Sunohara M, Hara K, Osamura K, Tashiro N, Shibuya H, Nakahara K, Kishida Y, Tamura K, Hisada T. Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of the thymus with trisomy 18. Intern Med 2009; 48:2025-32. [PMID: 19952486 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) of the thymus is rare and little is known about its karyotype abnormality. MALT lymphoma in general shows a good prognosis, but some reports suggest that the presence of trisomy 18 predicts recurrence. Here, we report a patient with MALT lymphoma of the thymus and the left parotid gland accompanied by Sjogren's syndrome. The karyotype analysis revealed that this is the first case of thymic MALT lymphoma with trisomy 18, which we believe is worth reporting. We also review cases with thymic MALT lymphoma previously reported in the literature.
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- Mitsuhiro Sunohara
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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Park JP, Kim JM, Koh YH, Kwon KY, Pyo JY, Kim H, Yang WI. Thymic marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-9294.2008.00018.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sunada K, Hasegawa Y, Kodama T, Anami Y, Satoh H, Ohtsuka M, Sekizawa K. Thymic and pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas in a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome and literature review. Respirology 2006; 12:144-7. [PMID: 17207041 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00971.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALToma) has been reported in several organs. Among MALTomas, thymic and pulmonary MALTomas are rare. The present report describes a patient with Sjögren's syndrome who presented thymic and pulmonary MALTomas. Although the exact pathogenetic relationship between these two tumours is uncertain, it is likely that the underlying immune dysregulation related to Sjögren's syndrome contributed to the occurrence and the unusual manifestation of MALTomas in this patient.
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- Koichi Sunada
- Divisions of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Izumi H, Nobukawa B, Takahashi K, Kumasaka T, Miyamoto H, Yamazaki A, Sonobe S, Uekusa T, Suda K. Multilocular thymic cyst associated with follicular hyperplasia: clinicopathologic study of 4 resected cases. Hum Pathol 2005; 36:841-4. [PMID: 16084956 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report here 4 cases of multilocular thymic cysts (MTCs) with reactive lymphoid follicular hyperplasia. They were admitted to our hospital to examine anterior mediastinal masses demonstrated on chest computed tomographic scans. Three patients presented high-grade intermittent fever, and 2 patients were associated with Sjogren syndrome with elevated serum antinuclear antibody levels. All patients were subjected to extended thymectomy. Interestingly, their fever disappeared immediately after surgery. Histologically, the lesions were characterized by several cystic spaces separated by various thick walls with dense lymphoid tissue containing large reactive germinal centers. The inner cyst walls were lined by flattened cuboidal epithelia in some portions. Columnar epithelia with focal cilia were partially observed in 2 cases. These pathological findings led to a diagnosis of MTCs that were thought to result from cystic transformation of medullary duct derivatives by acquired inflammatory processes. The pathological findings, together with clinical courses of our cases, suggest that inflammation accompanied by autoimmune diseases may play, in part, an important role in the development of MTCs.
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- Hiroshi Izumi
- Department of First Pathology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
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Ströbel P, Marino M, Feuchtenberger M, Rouzière AS, Tony HP, Wulbrand U, Förster R, Zettl A, Lee Harris N, Kreipe H, Laeng RH, Müller-Hermelink HK, Marx A. Micronodular thymoma: an epithelial tumour with abnormal chemokine expression setting the stage for lymphoma development. J Pathol 2005; 207:72-82. [PMID: 15965907 DOI: 10.1002/path.1808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The aetiology of primary B-cell lymphomas of the thymus is enigmatic. Although thymic follicular lymphoid hyperplasia (TFH) is commonly associated with myasthenia gravis (MG), lymphoma is not a complication of this condition. The present paper reports a high frequency of monoclonal B-cell populations (6 of 18 cases; 33%) in micronodular thymoma (MNT), a peculiar thymic epithelial neoplasm with a B-cell-rich stroma, while B cells were consistently polyclonal in TFH (25 cases) and other types of thymomas (15 cases) (p < 0.001). An intratumoural lymphoma could be identified in three of the six monoclonal MNTs. Sequencing of the monoclonal IgH chain revealed partially overlapping VDJ gene usage in MNT and thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas. The neoplastic epithelium of MNTs, but not of TFH and other types of thymoma, expressed high levels of dendritic cell, T-cell, and B-cell chemoattractants, such as CCL18, CCR6, and CCL20. It is concluded that abnormal chemokine expression in an epithelial tumour, MNT, can promote the recruitment of MALT, the emergence of monoclonal B cells, and, eventually, the subsequent development of mediastinal lymphomas. More generally, the concept that expression of a 'high-risk' spectrum of chemokines due to local or genetic factors may interfere with B-cell homeostasis and may contribute to MALT lymphoma development in chronic inflammatory states is proposed.
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Wöhrer S, Streubel B, Bartsch R, Chott A, Raderer M. Monoclonal immunoglobulin production is a frequent event in patients with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 10:7179-81. [PMID: 15534090 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-0803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma comprises 7% of all newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and is therefore among the most common lymphoma entities. Monoclonal gammopathy due to production of a monoclonal immunoglobulin by lymphoma cells is a well-known phenomenon associated with various types of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the incidence and clinical relevance of paraprotein (PP) production in patients with MALT lymphoma. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Fifty two patients were prospectively evaluated with regard to differentiation of the MALT lymphoma cells, t(11;18) translocation, monoclonal immunoglobulin production, Helicobacter pylori (HP) status, stage, treatment, and clinical outcome. RESULTS Nineteen of 52 MALT lymphoma patients (36%) had PP (8 IgMkappa, 6 IgGkappa, 4 IgMlambda, and 1 IgAkappa). The histologic feature of plasmacytic differentiation correlated significantly with the production of PP (P = 0.001). No correlation was found between PP and clinical stage, HP status, and t(11;18) status. PP was, however, negatively associated with response to eradication of HP in gastric MALT lymphoma, and PP levels declined significantly in patients responding to chemotherapy or radiation. Importantly, both immunofixation and serum electrophoresis have to be performed to detect low PP levels. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, PP levels may probably be used as a potential prognostic tool for response to HP eradication, and serial measurements may also allow for noninvasive assessment of response to radiation or chemotherapy in patients with MALT lymphoma.
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- Stefan Wöhrer
- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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Brito-Zerón P, Ramos-Casals M, Nardi N, Cervera R, Yagüe J, Ingelmo M, Font J. Circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins in Sjögren syndrome: prevalence and clinical significance in 237 patients. Medicine (Baltimore) 2005; 84:90-97. [PMID: 15758838 DOI: 10.1097/01.md.0000157398.37679.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We conducted the current study to analyze the prevalence and clinical significance of circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins in patients with Sjögren syndrome (SS), focusing on the association with extraglandular features, immunologic markers, hematologic neoplasia, and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We performed serum immunoelectrophoresis in 200 patients with primary SS and 37 patients with HCV-related SS. All patients fulfilled 4 or more of the 1993 European classification criteria for SS.Of the 200 patients with primary SS, 35 (18%) presented circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins. The monoclonal bands identified were 20 IgG (13 kappa, 7 lambda), 10 IgM (5 kappa, 5 lambda), 2 IgAkappa, and 3 free circulating light chains. Of the 37 SS-HCV patients, 16 (43%) had circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins. The monoclonal bands identified were 10 IgMkappa, 5 IgGlambda, and 1 free light lambda chain. Compared with primary SS patients, SS-HCV patients presented a higher frequency of monoclonal immunoglobulins (43% vs 18%, p = 0.001), with monoclonal IgMkappa being the most frequent monoclonal band. Six (12%) of the 51 SS patients with circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins presented hematologic neoplasia, compared with 3 (1.6%) of those without monoclonal immunoglobulins (p = 0.004; odds ratio = 8.13; 95% confidence intervals, 1.64-51.54). In 2 of the 6 patients with monoclonal immunoglobulins and lymphoproliferative disorders, a change of the monoclonal component was detected in previous immunoelectrophoresis determinations before the development of hematologic neoplasia. Circulating monoclonal immunoglobulins were detected in nearly 20% of patients with primary SS, with monoclonal IgG being the most frequent type of immunoglobulin detected. In SS-HCV patients, the prevalence of monoclonal immunoglobulins was higher (43%), with monoclonal IgM being the most frequent type found. SS-HCV patients presented a more restrictive monoclonal expression (limited to either monoclonal IgMkappa or monoclonal IgGlambda) than primary SS patients, who showed all types of heavy and light chains.
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- Pilar Brito-Zerón
- From the Departments of Autoimmune Diseases (PB-Z, MR-C, NN, RC, MI, JF) and Immunology (JY), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Facultad de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Ortonne N, Copie-Bergman C, Remy P, Delfau-Larue MH, Alonso MA, Mariette X, Dierlamm J, Leroy K, Gaulard P. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the thymus: a case report with no evidence of MALT1 rearrangement. Virchows Arch 2005; 446:189-93. [PMID: 15650839 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1168-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2004] [Accepted: 10/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We report a case of thymic mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma (TML) that presented as an asymptomatic mediastinal mass in a 40-year-old woman with a past history of Sjögren syndrome. This case had the characteristic clinical and pathological features of TML, as found in most of the 24 previously reported cases, i.e., autoimmune context, especially Sjögren syndrome, IgA secretion, large epithelial cysts, lymphoepithelial lesions involving residual Hassal's corpuscles, epithelial cysts, and a marked plasmacytic differentiation with IgA expression. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for t(11;18)(q21;q21) was negative, in agreement with recently published data. In this case, investigation for t(14;18)(q32;q21) using fluorescent in situ hybridization was also performed and supplied negative results. Neoplastic cells were negative for MAL, a marker of primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma (PMBL). Altogether, these findings further support that among MALT lymphomas, TML have peculiar clinical and morphological characteristics and appear not to involve MALT1 rearrangement. They also suggest the absence of a relationship between TML and PMBL.
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- Nicolas Ortonne
- Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP, avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 51, 94010 , Créteil, France.
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Saito T, Tamaru JI, Kishi H, Kayao J, Kuzuu Y, Wakita H, Adachi A, Itoyama S, Mikata I. Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) arising in the small intestine with monoclonal cryoglobulinemia. Pathol Int 2004; 54:712-8. [PMID: 15363040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01684.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A case of small intestinal extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) with monoclonal cryoglobulinemia is described. The patient was a woman in her mid-sixties with purpura of the bilateral lower legs and abdominal pain. An immunoserological investigation showed expression of IgM-kappa type monoclonal cryoglobulin. A renal biopsy specimen revealed proliferative glomerulonephritis with cryoglobulin deposition. Physical examination disclosed a stenosis, edematous changes and ascariasis in the small intestine. In aspiration cytology of the ascites, proliferation of the atypical lymphoid cells with plasmacytoid differentiation was observed. These cells were positive for B-lineage antigens in immunocytochemistry, and showed an immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene rearrangement in Southern blotting and chromosomal alteration in G-banded karyotype analysis. Although medicinal treatment was used, the patient died of general prostration. The diagnosis of intestinal MALT lymphoma was made at autopsy. Expression of API2-MALT1 fusion transcripts was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis using formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue. Intestinal MALT lymphomas with API2-MALT1 expression have distinctive forms of infiltration compared with those without translocation. Therefore, detection of API2-MALT1 fusion transcripts is useful for evaluating the prognosis and clinical behavior of the disease.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Cryoglobulinemia/complications
- Cryoglobulinemia/metabolism
- Cryoglobulinemia/pathology
- Cryoglobulins/metabolism
- Cytogenetics
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin M/metabolism
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/metabolism
- Intestinal Neoplasms/genetics
- Intestinal Neoplasms/metabolism
- Intestinal Neoplasms/pathology
- Intestine, Small/pathology
- Karyotyping
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/pathology
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Neoplasm
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- Tadashi Saito
- Department of Pathology, Narita Red Cross Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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Yamada S, Tadasu K, Mingyon M, Yoshiaki A, Noriko M. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the thymus resected using combined thoracoscopic and transcervical approaches. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 76:293-5. [PMID: 12842568 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04965-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a low-grade variant of B cell lymphoma that arises in extranodal tissue of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, salivary gland, thyroid, or other organ derived from the foregut. However, MALT lymphoma in the thymus is extremely rare. We report a case of thymic MALT lymphoma, extending to the neck, resected using combined thoracoscopic and transcervical approaches. To the best of our knowledge, thoracoscopic management of MALT lymphoma in the thymus has not previous been reported.
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- Shunsuke Yamada
- Departments of Thoracic Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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Pachmann S, Anderegg B, Müller-Höcker J, Nathrath W, Brack N, Tigges FJ, Hartenstein R, Munker R. Monoclonal gammopathy after low-grade MALT lymphoma: evidence for a second neoplasm. Am J Hematol 2002; 70:167-73. [PMID: 12111792 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We report the case of a patient with lymphoma of the salivary gland, at first diagnosed as lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) but later found to infiltrate the bone marrow. At diagnosis, the patient had a polyclonal increase of gamma-globulins. Five years after initial diagnosis, the patient presented with monoclonal gammopathy and infiltration of the bone marrow with neoplastic cells. Initially, the patient had received chemotherapy with different protocols (including etoposide, cyclophosphamide, fludarabin, methotrexate, and vincristine), none of which induced a lasting response. Therapy with rituximab (chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody) finally led to partial remission. Eighteen months after rituximab, progressive lymphoma in the abdomen and a monoclonal gammopathy developed. The bone marrow showed infiltration by lymphoplasmacytoid cells (monoclonal expression of the light-chain type lambda, positive for CD20, heterogeneous expression of CD45). The patient achieved another short clinical response with 4 cycles of the CHOP-protocol, but soon the lymphoma progressed again. Five years and 8 months after the initial diagnosis, the patient died from septicemia and progressive lymphoma. By polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the IgH gene it was shown that lymphoma cells were initially oligoclonal in the salivary gland and, later, biclonal in the bone marrow. Sequencing of two bands of apparently same length showed that these manifestations of lymphoma were not identical. Taken together, our data show that the initial low-grade oligoclonal MALT lymphoma was no longer present and a more aggressive biclonal lymphoma with plasmacytoid differentiation had developed. The new lymphoma was clonally distinct and produced high amounts of monoclonal IgG lambda by immunoelectrophoresis. The relationship of the second lymphoma to the initial MALT lymphoma is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Base Sequence
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Fatal Outcome
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/etiology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/complications
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Paraproteinemias/etiology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rituximab
- Salivary Gland Neoplasms/complications
- Salivary Gland Neoplasms/immunology
- Salivary Gland Neoplasms/therapy
- Submandibular Gland/pathology
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- S Pachmann
- Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Harlaching (Departments of Medicine IV and Pathology), Pathologisches Institut der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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Primary thymic extranodal marginal-zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type exhibits distinctive clinicopathological and molecular features. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2002; 160:1435-43. [PMID: 11943727 PMCID: PMC1867201 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)62569-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Extranodal marginal-zone B-cell lymphoma (MZBL) of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) arising in the thymus is rare, with the largest series in the literature including only three cases. In the present study, we investigated 15 cases of thymic MALT lymphoma to systematically characterize its clinical, histopathological, and molecular features. There was a marked female predilection (male:female = 1:4), with a mean age of 55 years at diagnosis. There was a strong association with autoimmune disease, especially Sjögren's syndrome. Histologically, the thymic lymphoma showed the characteristic morphological features of extranodal MZBL of MALT type. Cysts were common. Prominent lymphoepithelial lesions were formed by centrocyte-like cells infiltrating and expanding the Hassall's corpuscles and epithelium lining the cysts. Plasmacytic differentiation was apparent in all cases. Notably, 13 of 15 cases expressed immunoglobulin (Ig) A phenotype; IgA expression in thymic MALT lymphoma was in striking contrast with the IgM phenotype observed in most of the Sjögren's syndrome-associated MZBLs and MALT lymphomas at other sites. Epstein-Barr virus was absent, and API2-MALT1 gene fusion, a recently reported MALT lymphoma-specific gene abnormality, was not detected in any case. Although one patient died of disease 85 months after the diagnosis, other patients were alive with overall 3-year and 5-year survival rates being 89% and 83%, respectively. Among the 22 patients reported previously and in the present series, at least 17 patients (77%) were Asians. These data indicate that thymic MALT lymphoma may represent a distinct subgroup of MALT lymphoma characterized by apparent predilection for Asians, a strong association with autoimmune disease, frequent presence of cysts, consistent plasma cell differentiation, tumor cells expressing IgA phenotype, and consistent lack of API2-MALT1 gene fusion.
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Kamimura K, Nakamura N, Ishibashi T, Maruyama Y, Abe M. Somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genes in thymic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of MALT type of a patient with Sjögren's syndrome. Histopathology 2002; 40:294-6. [PMID: 11895498 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.1363b.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Harigae H, Ichinohasama R, Miura I, Kameoka J, Meguro K, Miyamura K, Sasaki O, Ishikawa I, Takahashi SI, Kaku M, Sasaki T. Primary marginal zone lymphoma of the thymus accompanied by chromosomal anomaly 46,X,dup(X)(p11p22). CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 133:142-7. [PMID: 11943341 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00568-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We report a case of primary marginal zone lymphoma in the thymus of a 34-year-old woman. She was initially suspected of having a mediastinal plasmacytoma because of the presence of dominantly proliferating plasmacytic cells in a small fragment obtained by thoracoscopic biopsy, and an elevated level of serum monoclonal IgA. However, histology of the tissue obtained by a subsequent open surgical biopsy revealed diffuse proliferation of atypical monocytoid B-lymphocyte-like cells, which showed prominent plasmacytic differentiation and a close association with thymic epithelial cells consistent with the histology of a marginal zone lymphoma of the thymus. These lymphoma cells were positive for CD19, CD20, IgA, and kappa, and negative for CD5, CD10, and other T/NK-cell and myelomonocyte antigens. Both G-banded and spectral karyotyping analyses revealed the lymphoma cells carried a chromosomal anomaly, 46,X,dup(X)(p11p22). Although large cell type B-cell lymphoma in the thymus (mediastinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma), which is categorized as a definite subtype in revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms and the new World Health Organization classification, is not infrequent, primary marginal zone lymphoma of the thymus is extremely rare. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of primary marginal zone lymphoma of the thymus with a detailed chromosomal analysis.
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- Hideo Harigae
- Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
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Parrens M, Dubus P, Danjoux M, Jougon J, Brousset P, Velly JF, de Mascarel A, Merlio JP. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue of the thymus hyperplasia vs lymphoma. Am J Clin Pathol 2002; 117:51-6. [PMID: 11789730 DOI: 10.1309/g3ac-p7k8-2jnk-8c3u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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In the thymus, the relationship between lymphofollicular hyperplasia and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)-type lymphoma is uncertain. We analyzed 14 cases with a diagnosis of thymic follicular hyperplasia in patients with connective tissue disease (n = 2), myasthenia gravis (n = 11), or both (n = 1). In 11 cases, well-defined reactive lymphoid follicles were surrounded by a continuous layer of medullary epithelial cells. A polyclonal rearrangement of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene (IgH) was observed. In 3 cases, ill-defined lymphoid follicles with sheets of centrocytic-like B cells disrupting the medullary cytokeratin epithelial network were observed on certain sections. These cells expressed the phenotypic features of memory B cells with CD20, CD79a, and bcl-2 positivity and CD5, CD10, CD23, and bcl-6 negativity, and a monoclonal rearrangement of the IgH gene was detected. Appropriate sampling, cytokeratin staining, and molecular analyses may help to identify early MALT-type lymphoma developing in the setting of thymic lymphofollicular hyperplasia.
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- Marie Parrens
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Biology, University of Bordeaux 2, Pessac, France
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Valdez R, Finn WG, Ross CW, Singleton TP, Tworek JA, Schnitzer B. Waldenström macroglobulinemia caused by extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma: a report of six cases. Am J Clin Pathol 2001; 116:683-90. [PMID: 11710684 DOI: 10.1309/6wpx-66cm-kgrh-v4rw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) and its associated hyperviscosity syndrome (HVS) are generally caused by lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma or other small B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. WM associated with extranodal marginal zone B-cell-mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (EMZL/MALT-type) has not been emphasized. We describe 4 men and 2 women (age, 40-79 years) with clinical and laboratory manifestations of WM and EMZL/MALT-type involving one or more sites: lung, pericardium/pleura, ocular adnexa, nasopharynx, minor salivary gland, glossopharyngeal fold, skin, and stomach. The following immunophenotypic patterns were observed: CD20+, 6; CD43+, 3; kappa light chain restriction, 5; and lambda light chain restriction, 1. All were negative for CD5, CD10, and cyclin D1 expression. A clonal paraproteinemia was present in each (IgM kappa, 4; IgM lambda, 1; biclonal IgM kappa/IgA kappa, 1). All 4 patients tested had elevated plasma viscosity; clinical HVS occurred in 3, and 2 required emergency plasmapheresis. These findings suggest that EMZL/MALT-type can cause WM and that the laboratory evaluation of EMZL/MALT-type should include serum protein electrophoresis/immunofixation, and plasma viscosity measurements and urine immunofixation in select cases. EMZL/MALT-type should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with clinicopathologic features of WM.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Blood Viscosity
- Clone Cells
- Female
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Lymph Nodes/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/complications
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/complications
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Paraproteinemias
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/etiology
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/metabolism
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/pathology
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- R Valdez
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Chen PM, Chiou TJ, Yu IT, Fan FS, Chu CJ, Kao SC, Wang WS, Liu JH, Hsu WM, Yang MH, Chao TC, Tai CJ, Hsiao LT, Lin JT, Yen CC. Molecular analysis of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of ocular adnexa. Leuk Lymphoma 2001; 42:207-14. [PMID: 11699208 DOI: 10.3109/10428190109097692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) are a distinct subgroup of extranodal B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Most studies have failed to demonstrate the clonal rearrangement of BCL-1, BCL-2 or c-MYC genes for MALT lymphomas. Further, alteration of the p53 gene is rarely demonstrated in low-grade MALT lymphomas, but can be detected in high-grade disease. Lymphomas of the ocular adnexa represent approximately eight percent of all extranodal lymphomas, most of which are MALT lymphomas, but few studies had explored the alterations of BCL-1, BCL-2, c-MYC and p53 genes specifically for ocular MALT lymphomas. We investigated the changes to BCL-1, BCL-2, c-MYC and p53 genes in these lymphomas for Taiwanese patients. Clonal rearrangement for immunoglobulin heavy-chain (IgH), BCL-1, BCL-2, c-MYC and p53 genes was examined for 16 cases of ocular MALT lymphoma. Restriction-length polymorphism and polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) of the DNA, corresponding to exons 5 through 9, followed by DNA sequencing, were utilized to analyze the possible mutations of the p53 gene for these tumors. Thirteen of the cases revealed rearranged IgH genes using Southern blotting or PCR. No rearrangement of BCL-1, BCL-2, c-MYC or p53 genes was discovered, with point mutation of the p53 gene in one case. As for other types of MALT lymphomas, BCL-1, BCL-2 and c-MYC genes are not implicated in the pathogenesis of the ocular sub-group. Although alteration of the p53 gene is rare for low-grade ocular MALT lymphoma, its role in disease progression merits further research.
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- P M Chen
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Lorsbach RB, Pinkus GS, Shahsafaei A, Dorfman DM. Primary marginal zone lymphoma of the thymus. Am J Clin Pathol 2000; 113:784-91. [PMID: 10874878 DOI: 10.1309/h7v2-g9l4-gr9g-8gk0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Primary low-grade B-cell lymphomas of the thymus are rare, with only 7 reported cases in the literature. We describe 3 cases of primary low-grade thymic lymphoma. All had histologic features of extranodal marginal zone lymphoma and were composed predominantly of small lymphocytes with variable components of monocytoid cells and plasma cells. Overt transformation to large cell lymphoma occurred in 1 case. The neoplastic cells were immunoreactive for the B-cell marker CD20 and were positive for bcl-2 in 2 cases. Two of 3 patients had a long-standing history of autoimmune disease. Based on these findings and those of previously reported cases, marginal zone lymphoma is the predominant type of low-grade thymic B-cell lymphoma. These tumors seem to be more common in patients with autoimmune disorders, and as observed with marginal zone lymphoma arising at other anatomic sites, they may undergo transformation to a higher grade lymphoma.
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- R B Lorsbach
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Nagasaka T, Lai R, Harada T, Chen YY, Chen WG, Arber DA, Weiss LM. Coexisting thymic and gastric lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues in a patient with Sjögren syndrome. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2000; 124:770-3. [PMID: 10782167 DOI: 10.5858/2000-124-0770-ctaglo] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues (MALTomas) arising from the thymus are extremely rare. In this case report, we describe a 36-year-old woman with an 11-year history of Sjögren syndrome who was found to have a thymic MALToma coexisting with a gastric MALToma. Both tumors shared similar histologic features, showing clusters of centrocytic-like B cells, lymphoepithelial lesions, and prominent plasmacytic differentiation. They also showed the following identical immunohistochemical features: CD20(+), IgA/lambda(+), CD5(-), and CD43(-). Molecular studies using polymerase chain reaction methods revealed monoclonal gene rearrangement of the immunoglobulin heavy chain in the gastric MALToma, but not in the thymic MALToma. The possible pathogenesis of this unusual case is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Fatal Outcome
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/complications
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/diagnostic imaging
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/surgery
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/complications
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/diagnostic imaging
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/metabolism
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/pathology
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/surgery
- Sjogren's Syndrome/complications
- Stomach Neoplasms/complications
- Stomach Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Stomach Neoplasms/metabolism
- Stomach Neoplasms/pathology
- Stomach Neoplasms/surgery
- Thymus Neoplasms/complications
- Thymus Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Thymus Neoplasms/metabolism
- Thymus Neoplasms/pathology
- Thymus Neoplasms/surgery
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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- T Nagasaka
- Division of Pathology, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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de la Fouchardière A, Balme B, Chouvet B, Sebban C, Perrot H, Claudy A, Bryon PA, Coiffier B, Berger F. Primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma: a report of 9 cases. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999; 41:181-8. [PMID: 10426886 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma is a heterogeneous group among which marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZL) appears to be the most common subtype. OBJECTIVE We analyze clinical presentation, histologic aspects, and outcome of patients with primary cutaneous MZL. METHODS All samples classified as primary cutaneous lymphoma over the past 10 years were reviewed, and cases of primary MZL were identified. RESULTS Nine cases of MZL were analyzed, all from the upper body region, with a predominance in elderly women. Histologic aspects included a dense, nodular, deep-seated infiltrate containing various proportions of small cells displaying a centrocyte-like, plasmacytoid or monocytoid appearance. Surface expression of CD5, CD10, and CD23 was negative. Long survival was noted but relapses in the skin, nodes, orbit, salivary glands, and breast were observed. CONCLUSION MZL is the predominant primary cutaneous lymphoma of our study. It has distinctive histologic and clinical features as well as outcome.
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- A de la Fouchardière
- Service d'Anatomie-Pathologique, Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, 69437 Lyon Cedex 3, France
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