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Charest G, McBride M, Thomas AK, Manway M, DiCaudo DJ. The First Sign of Recurrent Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma: A Cutaneous Presentation. Cureus 2023; 15:e44805. [PMID: 37809113 PMCID: PMC10558893 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.44805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma with a nonspecific clinical presentation. Cutaneous manifestations of AITL are variable and include morbilliform eruptions, urticaria, papulonodules, and erythroderma. We present the case of a 74-year-old male with a medical history of AITL presenting with diffuse erythematous macules and papules coalescing into patches and plaques on the trunk and bilateral upper extremities. Histopathology demonstrated a mild perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate in the dermis. By immunohistochemistry, the lymphocytic infiltrate was strongly positive for programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) (CD279) as well as cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3), CD5, and (focally) B-cell lymphoma-6 (BCL-6). Many cells within the infiltrate were positive for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) by in situ hybridization. Additionally, a bone marrow biopsy demonstrated an atypical lymphoid infiltrate with T-cell predominance, many EBV-positive cells, and clonal T-cell receptor (TCR) beta gene rearrangement. Based on these histopathological findings, a diagnosis of recurrent AITL with cutaneous involvement was made. This case is a rare example of skin findings presenting as a first sign of recurrent AITL.
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- Guy Charest
- Dermatology, HonorHealth Dermatology Residency Program, Scottsdale, USA
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- Dermatology, HonorHealth Dermatology Residency Program, Scottsdale, USA
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- Dermatology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, USA
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- Dermatology, HonorHealth Dermatology Residency Program, Scottsdale, USA
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Meeuwes FO, Brink M, van der Poel MWM, Kersten MJ, Wondergem M, Mutsaers PGNJ, Böhmer L, Woei-A-Jin S, Visser O, Oostvogels R, Jansen PM, Diepstra A, Snijders TJF, Plattel WJ, Huls GA, Vermaat JSP, Nijland M. Impact of rituximab on treatment outcomes of patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma; a population-based analysis. Eur J Cancer 2022; 176:100-109. [PMID: 36208568 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) are treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone with or without etoposide (CHO(E)P). In the majority of cases, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive B-cells are present in the tumour. There is paucity of research examining the effect of rituximab when added to CHO(E)P. In this nationwide, population-based study, we analysed the impact of rituximab on overall response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients with AITL. METHODS Patients with AITL diagnosed between 2014 and 2020 treated with ≥one cycle of CHO(E)P with or without rituximab were identified in the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Survival follow-up was up to 1st February 2022. Baseline characteristics, best response during first-line treatment and survival were collected. PFS was defined as the time from diagnosis to relapse or to all-cause-death. OS was defined as the time from diagnosis to all-cause-death. Multivariable analysis for the risk of mortality was performed using Cox regression. FINDINGS Out of 335 patients, 146 patients (44%) received R-CHO(E)P. Rituximab was more frequently used in patients with a B-cell infiltrate (71% versus 89%, p < 0·01). The proportion of patients who received autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) was similar between CHO(E)P and R-CHO(E)P (27% versus 30%, respectively). The ORR and 2-year PFS for patients who received CHO(E)P and R-CHO(E)P were 71% and 78% (p = 0·01), and 40% and 45% (p = 0·12), respectively. The 5-year OS was 47% and 40% (p = 0·99), respectively. In multivariable analysis, IPI-score 3-5, no B-cell infiltrate and no ASCT were independent prognostic factors for risk of mortality, whereas the use of rituximab was not. INTERPRETATION Although the addition of rituximab to CHO(E)P improved ORR for patients with AITL, the PFS and OS did not improve.
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- Frederik O Meeuwes
- Department of Hematology, Treant Hospital, Emmen, the Netherlands; Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, the Netherlands
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- Department of General Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Hematology, Isala Hospital, Zwolle, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Tsutsumi Y, Kitano S, Yanagita S, Tachibana M. Epstein-Barr virus-positive mucocutaneous ulcer, plasmablastic type, associated with nodal CD4+ angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and generalised pruritus: a self-limiting lymphoproliferative disorder resembling cutaneous plasmablastic lymphoma. BMJ Case Rep 2022; 15:e247430. [PMID: 35523507 PMCID: PMC9083435 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A woman in her 80s reported of generalised pruritus, which was treated with phototherapy and steroid administration. Two months after onset, lymph node biopsy revealed CD4+ angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma with systemic superficial nodal involvement. Intractable prurigo was judged as T-cell lymphoma related. After effective chemotherapy (7 months later), skin nodules appeared multifocally, including on the lip, thumb and lower leg. The biopsied infiltrative lesion on the right lower leg microscopically revealed subcutaneous growth of atypical plasmablasts with nearly 100% Ki-67 labelling and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded small nuclear RNA positivity. Plasmablastic lymphoma (CD45/CD19/CD38/CD138/MUM1+, CD20/CD79a/PAX5-) was suspected. Immunoglobulin light-chain restriction and nuclear expression of c-myc protein were undetectable, and the ulcers were spontaneously epithelialised by the cessation of steroid administration. After 10 months, non-progressive prurigos persisted on the extremities, but without regrowth of nodal T-cell lymphoma and cutaneous lymphoproliferative lesion. Reactive nature of the EBV-induced mucocutaneous plasmablastic growth (EBV-positive mucocutaneous ulcer, plasmablastic type) is discussed.
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- Yutaka Tsutsumi
- Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Tsutsumi Byori Shindanka Clinic, Inazawa, Aichi, Japan
- Department of Medical Technology, Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University, Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Shimada General Medical Center, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Shimada General Medical Center, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Shimada General Medical Center, Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan
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Sun J, He S, Cen H, Zhou D, Li Z, Wang MY, Ke Q, Guo BP, Liao CC, Rong C, Zhong DN, Tan XH. A novel prognostic model for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: A retrospective study of 55 cases. J Int Med Res 2021; 49:3000605211013274. [PMID: 34034561 PMCID: PMC8161901 DOI: 10.1177/03000605211013274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Objective To explore prognostic factors and develop an accurate prognostic prediction model for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). Methods Clinical data from Chinese patients with newly diagnosed AITL were retrospectively analysed. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were estimated using Kaplan-Meier method survival curves; prognostic factors were determined using a Cox proportional hazards model. The sensitivity and specificity of the predicted survival rates were compared using area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results The estimated 5-year OS and PFS of 55 eligible patients with AITL were 22% and 3%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that the presence of pneumonia, and serous cavity effusions at initial diagnosis were significant prognostic factors for OS. Based on AUC ROC values, our novel prognostic model was superior to IPI and PIT based models and suggested better diagnostic accuracy. Conclusions Our prognostic model based on pneumonia, and serous cavity effusions at initial diagnosis enabled a balanced classification of AITL patients into different risk groups.
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- Jie Sun
- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Haematology/Oncology and Paediatric Oncology, Guangxi Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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The Role of Autoimmune Diseases in the Prognosis of Lymphoma. J Clin Med 2020; 9:jcm9113403. [PMID: 33114226 PMCID: PMC7690920 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9113403] [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: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The connection between autoimmune disease (AID) and lymphoproliferative disorders is a complex bidirectional relationship that has long been a focus of attention by researchers and physicians. Although advances in pathobiology knowledge have ascertained an AID role in the development of lymphoproliferative diseases developing, results about AID influence on the prognosis of lymphoma are discordant. In this review, we collect the most relevant literature debating a direct or indirect link between immune-mediated diseases and lymphoma prognosis. We also consider the molecular, genetic, and microenvironmental factors involved in the pathobiology of these diseases in order to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of this link.
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Kane J, Bowerman K, Qureshi AA, Moustafa F. Dermatomyositis recalcitrant to treatment associated with occult malignancy. JAAD Case Rep 2019; 5:1084-1087. [PMID: 31799359 PMCID: PMC6881633 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.09.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Lee WJ, Won KH, Choi JW, Won CH, Chang SE, Choi JH, Lee MW. Cutaneous angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: Epstein-Barr virus positivity and its effects on clinicopathologic features. J Am Acad Dermatol 2019; 81:989-997. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2018.08.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Crickx E, Poullot E, Moulis G, Goulabchand R, Fieschi C, Galicier L, Meignin V, Coppo P, Delarue R, Casasnovas O, Roos-Weil D, de Leval L, Parrens M, Michel M, Dupuis J, Le Bras F, Fataccioli V, Martin-Garcia N, Godeau B, Haïoun C, Gaulard P, Mahévas M. Clinical spectrum, evolution, and management of autoimmune cytopenias associated with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Eur J Haematol 2019; 103:35-42. [PMID: 30985955 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is frequently associated with autoimmune cytopenia (AIC). Whether such patients have a particular phenotype and require particular management is unclear. METHOD Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma patients from the multicentric database of the Lymphoma Study Association presenting with AIC during disease course were included and matched to AITL patients without AIC (1/5 ratio). RESULTS At diagnosis, AIC patients (n = 28) had more spleen and bone marrow involvement (54% vs 19% and 71% vs 34%, P < 0.001), Epstein-Barr virus replication (89% vs 39%, P < 0.001), gamma globulin titers (median 23 vs 15 g/L, P = 0.002), and proliferating B cells and plasmablasts in biopsies, as compared to control patients (n = 136). The 28 AIC patients had 41 episodes of AIC, diagnosed concomitantly with AITL in 23 (82%) cases. After a median follow-up of 24 months (range 3-155), 10 patients relapsed, all associated with AITL relapse. CONCLUSION Our results provide new insight into AIC associated with AITL by highlighting the significant interplay between AITL and B-cell activation leading to subsequent autoimmunity.
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- Etienne Crickx
- Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.,Institut Necker Enfants Malades, INSERM U1151/CNRS UMS 8253, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Cedex, France
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- Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Est, Inserm U955, Créteil, France
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- Service de médecine Interne, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,UMR 1027 Inserm-Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,CIC 1436, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Service de médecine interne, maladies multi-organiques, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, CHRU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Service d'immunologie clinique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service d'immunologie clinique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service d'anatomopathologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Service d'hématologie, Centre de référence des microangiopathies thrombotiques, Hôpital Saint-Antoine (AP-HP), Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Service d'hématologie, Hôpital Necker (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Service d'hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, AP-HP, GRC-11, Groupe de recherche clinique sur les hémopathies lymphoïdes (GRECHY), Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière (APHP), Paris, France
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- Institut de Pathologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Pessac, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France
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- Unité Hémopathies Lymphoïdes, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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- Unité Hémopathies Lymphoïdes, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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- Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Est, Inserm U955, Créteil, France
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- Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Est, Inserm U955, Créteil, France
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- Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France
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- Unité Hémopathies Lymphoïdes, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France
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- Département de Pathologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), Créteil, France.,Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Est, Inserm U955, Créteil, France
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- Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris-Est, Créteil, France.,Institut Necker Enfants Malades, INSERM U1151/CNRS UMS 8253, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Cedex, France.,Unité Inserm U955, équipe 2, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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Wakabayashi SI, Kimura T, Tanaka N, Joshita S, Kawata K, Umemura T, Hiroshima Y, Mori H, Kobayashi H, Wada S, Tanaka E. Emergence of anti-mitochondrial M2 antibody in patient with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Clin J Gastroenterol 2018; 11:302-308. [PMID: 29428971 DOI: 10.1007/s12328-018-0831-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A 68-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to fever and rash on the neck and extremities. Laboratory findings revealed hepatic dysfunction and positivity for anti-mitochondrial M2 antibody (AMA-M2). Hepatosplenomegaly and systemic lymphadenopathy were detected by enhanced computed tomography. One week after her first visit, hypoxemia, ascites, and Coomb test-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia had newly appeared in addition to worsened fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. Results of axillary lymph node, skin, and bone-marrow biopsies led to the diagnosis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL), for which CEPP therapy (cyclophosphamide, etoposide, procarbazine, and prednisolone) was initiated. Her serum levels of hepatobiliary enzymes normalized and AMA-M2 became negative after treatment. The unexpected positivity for AMA-M2 might have been caused by AITL cell-activated intrahepatic immune cells or the tumor cells themselves inflicting bile duct injury that mimicked primary biliary cholangitis. Alternatively, cross reactivity due to the overproduction of immunoglobulins may have caused this phenomenon. The present case may shed light on of the mechanisms of liver dysfunction accompanying AITL.
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- Shun-Ichi Wakabayashi
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan.
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- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Hepatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan
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TAFRO syndrome is a newly recognized variant of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) that involves a constellation of syndromes: thrombocytopenia (T), anasarca (A), fever (F), reticulin fibrosis (R), and organomegaly (O). Thrombocytopenia and severe anasarca accompanied by relatively low serum immunoglobulin levels are characteristic clinical findings of TAFRO syndrome that are not present in iMCD-not otherwise specified (iMCD-NOS). Lymph node biopsy is recommended to exclude other diseases and to diagnose TAFRO syndrome, which reveals characteristic histopathological findings similar to hyaline vascular-type CD. TAFRO syndrome follows a more aggressive course, compared with iMCD-NOS, and there is no standard treatment.
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- Takuro Igawa
- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan; Division of Pathophysiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
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Jin J, Zheng C, Wu S. Therapeutic effect of chidamide on relapsed refractory angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: A case report and literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e9611. [PMID: 29480865 PMCID: PMC5943875 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a kind of rare peripheral T cell lymphoma, which usually has acute onset at old age. MATERIALS AND METHODS Here we report a case of relapsed refractory AITL, which has achieved obvious curative effect after treatment with chidamide. RESULTS Initially, the patient received 7 courses of treatment with recombinant human endostatin (endostar)+CHOP. The patient achieved complete remission, but suffered from recurrence later. After changing chemotherapy regimens, the outcome was still not satisfactory, and the patient developed systemic skin infiltration and rashes. After 2 courses of chemotherapy with chidamide (30 mg) twice a week + intravenous injections with cyclophosphamide (0.1 g) twice every other day + thalidomide (50 mg) every night, the patient began with the oral intake of chidamide, and the therapeutic effect was satisfactory, with diminishing systemic rashes and shrunken lymph nodes. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Chidamide has good therapeutic effect in the treatment of AITL, which provides a novel therapeutic strategy for relapsed refractory AITL. However, more cases are still needed to further validate its efficacy.
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Yachoui R, Farooq N, Amos JV, Shaw GR. Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma with Polyarthritis Resembling Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clin Med Res 2016; 14:159-162. [PMID: 28188140 PMCID: PMC5302453 DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2016.1334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). AITL typically presents with lymphadenopathy, fever, rash, hepatosplenomegaly, and rarely polyarthritis. We report the case of a 50-year-old female who presented with lymphadenopathy, rash, and symmetric polyarthritis. She was later diagnosed with AITL and was treated with chemotherapy with resolution of arthritis. AITL should be suspected in paitents presenting with rheumatoid-like arthritis and diffuse lymphadenopathy.
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- Ralph Yachoui
- Department of Rheumatology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Wisconsin USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Wisconsin USA
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- Department of Pathology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield Wisconsin USA
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Clinicopathologic Analysis of Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma With or Without RHOA G17V Mutation Using Formalin-fixed Paraffin-embedded Sections. Am J Surg Pathol 2016; 40:1041-50. [DOI: 10.1097/pas.0000000000000651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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LeBlanc RE, Lefterova MI, Suarez CJ, Tavallaee M, Kim YH, Schrijver I, Kim J, Gratzinger D. Lymph node involvement by mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome mimicking angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Hum Pathol 2015; 46:1382-9. [PMID: 26193796 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Clinical management of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) differs markedly. Diagnostic distinction is critical. Herein, we describe a series of 4 patients with clinically, molecularly, and histopathologically annotated mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome whose nodal disease mimicked AITL. The patients otherwise exhibited classic clinical manifestations of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome preceding the onset of lymphadenopathy by 1 to 5 years. Skin biopsies revealed epidermotropic infiltrates characteristic of CTCL. Lymph node biopsies revealed dense CD4+ T-cell infiltrates that coexpressed follicular helper T-cell markers and were accompanied by proliferations of high endothelial venules and arborizing CD21+ follicular dendritic cell networks. Two patients had T-cell receptor gene rearrangement studies performed on their skin, lymph node, and peripheral blood demonstrating identical polymerase chain reaction clones in all 3 tissues. A small secondary clonal B-cell population was present in 1 patient that mimicked the B-cell proliferations known to accompany AITL and persisted on successive nodal biopsies over several years. This latter phenomenon has not previously been described in CTCL. The potential for patients to be misdiagnosed with AITL for lack of consideration of advanced-stage CTCL with nodal involvement underscores the necessity of information sharing among the various pathologists and clinicians involved in the care of each patient.
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- Robert E LeBlanc
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
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Beer T, Dorion P. Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma Presenting with an Acute Serologic Epstein-Barr Virus Profile. Hematol Rep 2015; 7:5893. [PMID: 26331002 PMCID: PMC4508553 DOI: 10.4081/hr.2015.5893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is an aggressive peripheral T-cell lymphoma typically characterized by prominent lymphadenopathy and B-symptoms at the time of presentation, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, autoimmune hemolysis and frequent but highly variable involvement of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Lymph node biopsy findings typically include effacement of nodal architecture, polymorphic infiltrate, atypical T-cells (usually CD4+/CD10+/PD1+) and prominent proliferations of high endothelial venules and follicular dendritic cells. However, this classic constellation of pathologic findings is often initially obscured by a prominence of EBV+ B-immunoblasts with or without associated peripherally circulating EBV DNA. Here we document the first reported case of an acute serologic EBV profile (VCA-IgM) in a patient with AITL, and we recommend that clinicians maintain a high index of suspicion for AITL in the appropriate clinical scenario, irrespective of Epstein-Barr related findings.
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- Timothy Beer
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville , PA, USA
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- Department of Hematopathology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville , PA, USA
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He J, Liang H. Skin lesions and neutrophilic leukemoid reaction in a patient with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: a case report and review of the literature. Clin Case Rep 2015; 3:483-8. [PMID: 26185653 PMCID: PMC4498867 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Here, we present a 53-year-old man with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma accompanied by skin lesions (vesicles, papulovesicles, and miliary papules symmetrically distributed on extremities and trunk, with more distal lesions increasing in severity). Routine blood tests showed a white blood cell count of 58.97 × 109/L (Neutrophils% 91.64%).
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- Jianming He
- Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University Chongqing, China
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- Department of Oncology and Southwest Cancer Center, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University Chongqing, China
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Kameoka Y, Takahashi N, Itou S, Kume M, Noji H, Kato Y, Ichikawa Y, Sasaki O, Motegi M, Ishiguro A, Tagawa H, Ishizawa K, Ishida Y, Ichinohasama R, Harigae H, Sawada K. Analysis of clinical characteristics and prognostic factors for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Int J Hematol 2015; 101:536-42. [PMID: 25739382 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-015-1763-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a distinct peripheral T-cell lymphoma entity exhibiting peculiar clinical features and poor prognosis. Its clinical characteristics and prognostic factors are not well established. To clarify the clinical characteristics and prognostic features of AITL, we conducted a multicenter, retrospective study. Fifty-six patients were enrolled. The median patient age was 68 years. Immunohistochemical examinations of tumor cells showed positivity for CD10 and T-cell markers, and chromosomal examination detected several types of abnormalities. More than 80 % of patients show advanced disease at diagnosis and poor prognostic scores. A high proportion of patients showed accompanying B symptoms, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly at diagnosis. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rate was 48 % and progression-free survival was 25 %. Univariate analysis revealed higher age, fever, poor performance status, anemia, and low albumin level to be poor prognostic factors for OS. In addition to these factors, both IPI and PIT were also predictive of OS. Multivariate analysis indicated only a low level of serum albumin to be a significant prognostic factor for OS. Serum albumin may be one of the important prognostic factors for AITL. Further investigation is needed to confirm these results.
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Ocampo-Garza J, Herz-Ruelas ME, González-Lopez EE, Mendoza-Oviedo EE, Garza-Chapa JI, Ocampo-Garza SS, Vázquez-Herrera NE, Miranda-Maldonado I, Ocampo-Candiani J. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: a diagnostic challenge. Case Rep Dermatol 2014; 6:291-5. [PMID: 25685133 PMCID: PMC4307011 DOI: 10.1159/000370302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) accounts for 15–20% of all peripheral T-cell lymphomas. It is a rare subtype of CD4 T-cell peripheral lymphoma that affects aged individuals, causing B symptoms, generalized lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Its pathogenesis is still unclear, but in some cases it has been associated with infection, allergic reaction or drug exposure. The majority of patients are diagnosed in an advanced stage and anthracycline based regimen is considered the first-line therapy. Skin involvement is not well characterized, occurring in up to 50% of patients and presenting as nonspecific rash, macules, papules, petechiae, purpura, nodules and urticaria. We present the illustrative case of a 55-year-old woman with an AITL who presented prominent skin findings, arthritis, lymphadenopathy and hypereosinophilia. Skin biopsy reported a T-cell lymphoma and the diagnosis of AITL was confirmed by an axillary lymph node biopsy, which was also positive for Epstein-Barr virus. Chemotherapy with CHOP-21 and thalidomide was given, accomplishing complete remission after six cycles.
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- Jorge Ocampo-Garza
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital 'Dr. José Eleuterio González', Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
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Pasquet F, Pavic M, Ninet J, Hot A. [Auto-immune diseases and cancers. Second part: auto-immune diseases complicating cancers and their treatment]. Rev Med Interne 2014; 35:656-63. [PMID: 25106665 DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2014.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Autoimmune diseases may reveal or occur during the course of a neoplasia or its treatment. Autoimmune cytopenia, especially haemolytic anaemia, is common in lymphoproliferative disorders such as chronic lymphoid leukemia. The link between cancer and myositis is well established. Dermatomyositis is associated with an increased relative risk of cancer of 3.4 to 4.4. A combination of detection of antibodies against p155 and TEP-computed tomography may be the best approach to ascertain the presence of occult malignancy in patients with dermatomyositis. A cutaneous or a systemic vascularitis may reveal a cancer, most often a haematological malignancy such as hairy cell leukemia. Paraneoplastic polyarthritis have been described in particular with adenocardinoma of the lungs. Underlying neoplasia should be considered in male smokers patients with new onset polyarthritis and poor health status. The prevalence of autoimmune conditions in myelodysplastic syndromes is 10 to 30%. Vasculitis and relapsing polychondritis are the most commonly reported manifestations. Immune manifestations can also be related to treatment. The most common treatment complications are autoimmune haemolytic anaemia with fludarabine and thyroiditis related to interferon and cervical radiotherapy.
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- F Pasquet
- Service de médecine interne-oncologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Desgenettes, 108, boulevardd Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France.
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- Service de médecine interne-oncologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Desgenettes, 108, boulevardd Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Édouard-Hérriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon cedex 03, France
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- Service de médecine interne, hôpital Édouard-Hérriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon cedex 03, France
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Xu B, Liu P. No survival improvement for patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma over the past two decades: a population-based study of 1207 cases. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92585. [PMID: 24651162 PMCID: PMC3961418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare lymphoid malignancy with dismal prognosis. We conducted a large population-based study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (1973–2010) to determine the temporal survival trends and prognostic factors of AITL patients. A total of 1207 patients with AITL were included in this study, with a median age at diagnosis of 69 years. At presentation, most patients (79.5%) had an advanced-stage disease. Overall survival (OS) probabilities at 2, 5 and 10 years were 46.8%, 32.9%, and 21.9% respectively. Two-year, 5-year, and 10-year disease-specific survival (DSS) rates were 56.1%, 44.0%, and 35.9% respectively.On multivariate analysis, age older than 70 years, advanced-stage disease and male sex were identified adverse predictors for OS and DSS. We failed to find any survival differences among subgroups diagnosed in the 5 periods studied (1992 to 1998, 1999 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, 2005 to 2007, and 2008 to 2010). The current study represents the largest specific series of patients with AITL and the first investigation on temporal changes in survival of AITL patients. There has been no survival improvement for AITL patients over the past two decades. Further investigations are warranted to develop more effective treatment for AITL.
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- Bei Xu
- Department of Medical Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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[Dysimmun benign disease?]. Presse Med 2014; 43:484-7. [PMID: 24440763 DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2013.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Revised: 07/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The genetics of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) are very poorly understood. We defined the mutational landscape of AITL across 219 genes in 85 cases from the United States and Europe. We identified ≥2 mutations in 34 genes, nearly all of which were not previously implicated in AITL. These included loss-of-function mutations in TP53 (n = 4), ETV6 (n = 3), CCND3 (n = 2), and EP300 (n = 5), as well as gain-of-function mutations in JAK2 (n = 2) and STAT3 (n = 4). TET2 was mutated in 65 (76%) AITLs, including 43 that harbored 2 or 3 TET2 mutations. DNMT3A mutations occurred in 28 (33%) AITLs; 100% of these also harbored TET2 mutations (P < .0001). Seventeen AITLs harbored IDH2 R172 substitutions, including 15 with TET2 mutations. In summary, AITL is characterized by high frequencies of overlapping mutations in epigenetic modifiers and targetable mutations in a subset of cases.
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Xie W, Hu K, Xu F, Zhou DE, Huang W, He J, Shi J, Luo Y, Zhang J, Lin M, Ye X, Cai Z, Huang H. Significance of clinical factors as prognostic indicators for patients with peripheral T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A retrospective analysis of 252 cases. Mol Clin Oncol 2013; 1:911-917. [PMID: 24649270 PMCID: PMC3915658 DOI: 10.3892/mco.2013.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the significance of different clinical factors for predicting the prognosis of patients with peripheral T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (PTCL) with a median follow-up of 23 months. A total of 252 PTCL patients admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of the School of Medicine of Zhejiang University between 2005 and 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. At a median follow-up of 23 months, the overall survival (OS) rate was 23.8%. Our results revealed that the presence of B symptoms (P<0.001), Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score ≥2 (P<0.001), bone marrow involvement (BMI) (P<0.001), elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels (P<0.001), elevated β2-MG levels (P<0.001), Ann Arbor stages III/IV (P=0.007) and International Prognostic Index (IPI) ≥3 (P=0.001) were poor prognostic factors for OS and intensive chemotherapy achieved a better OS outcome compared to the CHOP treatment. In conclusion, elevated LDH and β2-MG levels, B symptoms, Ann Arbor stages III/IV, BMI, high IPIs and high ECOG scores predict an unfavorable prognosis for PTCL patients. Compared to the conventional CHOP regimen, the intensive chemotherapy treatment may improve the prognosis of PTCL patients.
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- Wanzhuo Xie
- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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Lachenal F, Berger F, Cimarelli S, Formaglio M, Ghesquières H. Primary cerebral angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 2013; 31:e64-8. [PMID: 23295811 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.43.8226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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- Florence Lachenal
- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hôpital Pierre Oudot, 30 Blvd du médipôle, 38300 Bourgoin-Jallieu, France.
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Chen XG, Huang H, Tian Y, Guo CC, Liang CY, Gong YL, Zou BY, Cai RQ, Lin TY. Cyclosporine, prednisone, and high-dose immunoglobulin treatment of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma refractory to prior CHOP or CHOP-like regimen. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CANCER 2013; 30:731-8. [PMID: 21959050 PMCID: PMC4012273 DOI: 10.5732/cjc.011.10071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare, distinct subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, possessing an aggressive course and poor prognosis with no standard therapy. Twelve patients who have failed at least two initial CHOP or CHOP-like regimens were enrolled in this study and treated with individualized cyclosporine (CsA), prednisone (PDN), and monthly, high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (HDIVIG). The dose of CsA was adjusted individually based on the blood trough concentration of CsA and renal function. All patients were examined for response, toxicity and survival. The most significant toxicities (≥ grade 2) were infection (16.7%), renal insufficiency (8.3%), hypertension (8.3%), diabetes (8.3%) and insomnia (16.7%). Discontinuation of treatment occurred in one patient (8.3%) due to grade 3 renal toxicity and subsequent grade 4 pulmonary infection. Treatment-related death was not observed. The overall response rate was 75.0% (complete response, 33.3%; partial response, 41.7%). With a median follow-up of 25.5 months, the median duration of response was 20 months (range, 12 to 49 months) and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 25.5 months (range, 10 to 56 months). The 2-year PFS rate was 81.5%. Our findings indicate the combination of CsA, PDN and HDIVIG is an effective salvage regimen for refractory or relapsed AITL with predictable and manageable toxicity.
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- Xing-Gui Chen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Federico M, Rudiger T, Bellei M, Nathwani BN, Luminari S, Coiffier B, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Pileri SA, Savage KJ, Weisenburger DD, Armitage JO, Mounier N, Vose JM. Clinicopathologic characteristics of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: analysis of the international peripheral T-cell lymphoma project. J Clin Oncol 2013; 31:240-6. [PMID: 22869878 PMCID: PMC3532394 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.37.3647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The International Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Project was undertaken to better understand the subtypes of T-cell and natural killer (NK) -cell lymphomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) was diagnosed according to the 2001 WHO criteria by a central review process consisting of panels of expert hematopathologists. Clinical, pathologic, immunophenotyping, treatment, and survival data were correlated. RESULTS Of 1,314 patients, 243 (18.5%) were diagnosed with AITL. At presentation, generalized lymphadenopathy was noted in 76% of patients, and 89% had stages III to IV disease. Skin rash was observed in 21% of patients. Hemolytic anemia and hypergammoglobulinemia occurred in 13% and 30% of patients, respectively. Five-year overall and failure-free survivals were 33% and 18%, respectively. At presentation, prognostic models were evaluated, including the standard International Prognostic Index, which comprised the following factors: age ≥ 60 years, stages III to IV disease, lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) > normal, extranodal sites (ENSs) > one, and performance status (PS) ≥ 2; the Prognostic Index for Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, comprising: age ≥ 60 years, PS ≥ 2, LDH > normal, and bone marrow involvement; and the alternative Prognostic Index for AITL (PIAI), comprising: age > 60 years, PS ≥ 2, ENSs > one, B symptoms, and platelet count < 150 × 10(9)/L. The simplified PIAI had a low-risk group (zero to one factors), with 5-year survival of 44%, and a high-risk group (two to five factors), with 5-year survival of 24% (P = .0065). CONCLUSION AITL is a rare clinicopathologic entity characterized by an aggressive course and dismal outcome with current therapies.
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- Massimo Federico
- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Massimo Federico, Monica Bellei, and Stefano Luminari, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena; Stefano A. Pileri, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Thomas Rudiger, Stadisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bharat N. Nathwani, Ceders-Sinai Medical Center and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Bertrand Coiffier, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon; Nicholas Mounier, Hospital l'Archet, Nice, France; Nancy L. Harris, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Elaine S. Jaffe, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Kerry J. Savage, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and Dennis D. Weisenburger, James O. Armitage, and Julie M. Vose, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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Retrospective analysis of prognostic factors for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: a multicenter cooperative study in Japan. Blood 2012; 119:2837-43. [DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-08-374371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a major type of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). To elucidate the clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis of AITL in Japan, we retrospectively analyzed 207 patients with AITL. The median patient age was 67 years (range, 34-91 years), with 73% of patients older than 60 years. With a median follow-up of 42 months in surviving patients, 3-year overall survival (OS) was 54% and progression-free survival (PFS) was 38%. The International Prognostic Index (IPI) and the prognostic index for PTCL, not otherwise specified (PIT) were predictive for OS in this analysis. Multivariate analysis found that age older than 60 years, elevated white blood cell (WBC) and IgA levels, the presence of anemia and thrombocytopenia, and extranodal involvement at > 1 site were significant prognostic factors for OS, and IgA, anemia, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy were significant prognostic factors for PFS. A novel prognostic model consisting of the prognostic factors for OS was successfully constructed. In conclusion, IPI and PIT were still useful for prognostication of AITL, and other factors, including those not used in IPI, such as IgA, anemia, WBC count, thrombocytopenia, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy, also significantly affected prognosis. Future investigations for IgA as a unique prognostic factor are warranted.
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Steciuk MR, Massengill S, Banks PM. In immunocompromised patients, Epstein-Barr virus lymphadenitis can mimic angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma morphologically, immunophenotypically, and genetically: a case report and review of the literature. Hum Pathol 2012; 43:127-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Revised: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Uncommon late relapse of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma after 16-year remission period. Pathol Oncol Res 2011; 18:737-41. [PMID: 22127590 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-011-9475-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Balaraman B, Conley JA, Sheinbein DM. Evaluation of cutaneous angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. J Am Acad Dermatol 2011; 65:855-862. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2009] [Revised: 05/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Dearden CE, Johnson R, Pettengell R, Devereux S, Cwynarski K, Whittaker S, McMillan A. Guidelines for the management of mature T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms (excluding cutaneous T-cell lymphoma). Br J Haematol 2011; 153:451-85. [PMID: 21480860 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08651.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The peripheral T-cell neoplasms are a biologically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare disorders that result from clonal proliferation of mature post-thymic lymphocytes. Natural killer (NK) cell neoplasms are included in this group. The World Health Organization classification of haemopoietic malignancies has divided this group of disorders into those with predominantly leukaemic (disseminated), nodal, extra-nodal or cutaneous presentation. They usually affect adults and are more commonly reported in males than in females. The median age at diagnosis is 61 years with a range of 17-90 years. Although some subtypes may follow a relatively benign protracted course most have an aggressive clinical behaviour and poor prognosis. Excluding anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), which has a good outcome, 5-year survival for other nodal and extranodal T-cell lymphomas is about 30%. Most patients present with unfavourable international prognostic index scores (>3) and poor performance status. The rarity of these diseases and the lack of randomized trials mean that there is no consensus about optimal therapy for T- and NK-cell neoplasms and recommendations in this guideline are therefore based on small case series, phase II trials and expert opinion.
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Shida S, Takahashi N, Fujishima N, Kameoka Y, Nara M, Fujishima M, Saitoh H, Tagawa H, Hirokawa M, Ichinohasama R, Sawada K. False-positive human immunodeficiency virus antibody test and autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a patient with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Intern Med 2011; 50:2383-7. [PMID: 22001471 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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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A 44-year-old woman was admitted with generalized lymphadenopathy, which was diagnosed as angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL). The patient showed autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia and a high antinuclear antibody titer. Moreover, a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1/2 screening test using the particle agglutination method was reactive. After chemotherapy for AITL, the AIHA was eliminated, and the false-positive HIV results were no longer detected. Autoimmunity associated with AITL is the likely cause of the cross-reaction with HIV and the AIHA. It is important to recognize that the cross-reaction with HIV can be a potential complication in AITL as well as AIHA.
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- Department of Hematology, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Lin HN, Liu CY, Hong YC, Pai JT, Yang CF, Yu YB, Hsiao LT, Chiou TJ, Liu JH, Gau JP, Tzeng CH, Chen PM. Clinical features and prognostic factors of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in Taiwan: a single-institution experience. Leuk Lymphoma 2010; 51:2208-14. [PMID: 21054150 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2010.525270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare subtype of peripheral T-cell lymphoma that carries a poor prognosis. This study retrospectively analyzed patients with AITL from a single institution in Taiwan, aiming to define the clinical features and prognostic factors. Patients with AITL treated at our institution from February 1988 through January 2010 were enrolled. Factors associated with overall survival (OS) were determined by statistical methods. A total of 31 Taiwanese patients (21 males) were identified. The median age was 74 years (range, 27-90). Among all patients, 67.7% were Ann Arbor stage III or IV, 58.1% presented with B symptoms, 48.4% had hypoalbuminenia (<35 g/L), and 63.3% had elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) at diagnosis. First-line chemotherapy was mostly CHOP (cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and prednisolone)-based and complete response (CR) was achieved in 25% of patients. The actuarial 2-year survival rate was 38.7%, and the median OS was 14.9 months. In multivariate analysis, initial presentation with fever (p = 0.035), advanced stage (p = 0.024), and failure to achieve CR (p = 0.029) were independent adverse factors associated with poorer OS. Interestingly, OS did not differ whether chemotherapy regimens contained anthracycline or not. Taiwanese patients with AITL were usually elderly. Despite the prognosis being generally poor, patients with AITL should be treated with the goal of achieving CR, regardless of anthracycline- or non-anthracycline-based chemotherapy.
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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de Leval L, Gisselbrecht C, Gaulard P. Advances in the understanding and management of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2010; 148:673-89. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08003.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Martin JE, Wagner AJ, Murphy GF, Pinkus GS, Wang LC. Granuloma annulare heralding angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in a patient with a history of epstein-barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoma. J Clin Oncol 2009; 27:e168-71. [PMID: 19770367 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.23.0409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Julie E Martin
- Department of Dermatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Rodríguez J, Gutiérrez A, Martínez-Delgado B, Perez-Manga G. Current and future aggressive peripheral T-cell lymphoma treatment paradigms, biological features and therapeutic molecular targets. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2009; 71:181-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2008] [Revised: 10/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Carbone A, Gloghini A, Cabras A, Elia G. Differentiating germinal center-derived lymphomas through their cellular microenvironment. Am J Hematol 2009; 84:435-8. [PMID: 19484731 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Recent studies on normal and malignant B-cells have provided evidence that the germinal center (GC) of lymphoid follicles exerts a role in B-cell physiology and malignancy. GC-derived lymphomas include both B-cell and T-cell lymphomas. Remarkably, tumor cells of GC-derived lymphomas proliferate in close association with cellular environment that retains key features of normal GC cellular microenvironment. Neoplastic follicles in follicular lymphoma contain, in addition to follicular dendritic cells (FDC) other non-neoplastic cells including macrophages and GC T-cells. In addition to aggregates of FDCs, the background infiltrate of nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma includes small B-cells, T-cells, and histiocytes. Typically, most of the lymphocyte predominant (LP) cells are ringed by CD3+/CD4+ T-cells expressing CD57, PD1, BCL6, and MUM1/IRF4. By contrast, Reed-Sternberg cells of classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) are surrounded by CD3+/CD4+ T-cells expressing CD40L. Unlike cHL and other peripheral T-cell lymphomas, the AITL microenvironment characteristically contain a prominent proliferation of high endothelial venules and FDC. Thus, these findings shed new light on the characterization of GC-derived lymphomas and may help in the differential diagnosis and acknowledge several novel pathogenetic mechanisms on these lymphomas. Am. J. Hematol., 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy.
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Age-related Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders: comparison with EBV-positive classic Hodgkin lymphoma in elderly patients. Blood 2008; 113:2629-36. [PMID: 19075188 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-06-164806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Age-related Epstein-Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (aEBVLPD) is a disease group characterized by EBV-associated large B-cell lymphoma in elderly without predisposing immunodeficiency. In nearly one- third of cases, aEBVLPD occurs as a polymorphous subtype with reactive cell-rich components, bearing a morphologic similarity to classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). The aim of this study was to clarify clinicopathologic differences between the polymorphic subtype of aEBVLPD (n = 34) and EBV(+) cHL (n = 108) in patients aged 50 years or older. Results showed that aEBVLPD was more closely associated with aggressive clinical parameters than cHL, with a higher age at onset (71 vs 63 years); lower male predominance (male-female ratio, 1.4 vs 3.3); and a higher rate of involvement of the skin (18% vs 2%), gastrointestinal tract (15% vs 4%), and lung (12% vs 2%). aEBVLPD was histopathologically characterized by a higher ratio of geographic necrosis, greater increase (> 30%) in cytotoxic T cells among background lymphocytes, higher positivity for CD20 and EBNA2, and absence of CD15 expression. As predicted by the clinical profile, aEBVLPD had a significantly poorer prognosis than EBV(+) cHL (P < .001). The polymorphous subtype of aEBVLPD constitutes an aggressive group with an immune response distinct from EBV(+) cHL, and requires the development of innovative therapeutic strategies.
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Iannitto E, Ferreri AJM, Minardi V, Tripodo C, Kreipe HH. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008; 68:264-71. [PMID: 18684638 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2007] [Revised: 05/28/2008] [Accepted: 06/27/2008] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a rare and aggressive neoplasm clinically characterized by sudden onset of constitutional symptoms, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, frequent autoimmune phenomena, particularly hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. The lymph node histological picture is also distinctive, constituted by a polymorphic infiltrate, a marked proliferation of high endothelial venules, and a dense meshwork of dentritic cells. The neoplastic CD4+ T-cells represent a minority of the lymph node cell population; its detection is facilitated by the aberrant expression of CD10. Almost all cases arbor an EBV infected B-cell population. Patients with AITL have a poor prognosis with conventional treatment, with a median overall survival of less than 3 years. Patients achieving a good clinical response seem beneficiate from a consolidation with high-dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation. Constitutional symptoms and autoimmune phenomena, and some times also the neoplastic masses may respond to immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory agents such as thalidomide.
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- Emilio Iannitto
- Division of Hematology, High Dose Therapy Unit, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy
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Mourad N, Mounier N, Brière J, Raffoux E, Delmer A, Feller A, Meijer CJLM, Emile JF, Bouabdallah R, Bosly A, Diebold J, Haioun C, Coiffier B, Gisselbrecht C, Gaulard P. Clinical, biologic, and pathologic features in 157 patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma treated within the Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte (GELA) trials. Blood 2008; 111:4463-70. [PMID: 18292286 PMCID: PMC2343588 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-08-105759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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To evaluate the prognostic significance of clinicobiologic and pathological features in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL), 157 AITL patients were retrieved from the GELA LNH87-LNH93 randomized clinical trials. One hundred forty-seven patients received a cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP)-like regimen with intensified courses in half of them. Histologically, 41 cases were classified as "rich in large cells" and 116 as "classic" (including 19 rich in epithelioid cells, 14 rich in clear cells, and 4 with hyperplastic germinal centers). Sixty-two cases were scored for CD10 and CXCL13 expression according to the abundance of positive lymphoid cells. Median age was 62 years, with 81% advanced stage, 72% B symptoms, 65% anemia, 50% hypergammaglobulinemia, and 66% elevated LDH. Overall 7-year survival was 30%. In multivariate analysis, only male sex (P = .004), mediastinal lymphadenopathy (P = .041), and anemia (P = .042) adversely affected overall survival. Increase in large cells and high level of CD10 and CXCL13 did not affect survival. Intensive regimen did not improve survival. In conclusion, AITL is a morphologically heterogeneous T-cell lymphoma commonly expressing CXCL13 and CD10 and carrying few prognostic factors. It portends a poor prognosis even when treated intensively. However, AITL is not always lethal with 30% of patients alive at 7 years.
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Carbone A, Gloghini A, Cabras A, Elia G. The Germinal centre-derived lymphomas seen through their cellular microenvironment. Br J Haematol 2008; 145:468-80. [PMID: 19344401 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07651.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The human lymph node is a complex tissue resulting from the microenvironmental organisation of different cell populations linked by topographical and/or functional relationships. Germinal centres (GCs) of lymphoid follicles contain a meshwork of follicular dendritic cells in addition to B-cells and some CD4(+) T cells. Moreover, there is a sharp demarcation around the whole follicle centre, which is highlighted by fibroblastic reticulum cells. On the whole, GC exerts a role in B cell physiology and malignancy. In GC-derived lymphomas, gene expression profiling studies have raised the possibility that survival of the affected patients may be associated with signatures preferentially expressed in non-malignant T cells and macrophages and/or dendritic cells. Immunohistological analyses in lymphoma biopsy samples have confirmed that the biological behaviour and tumour progression may be influenced by the tumour microenvironment. This review will examine GC-derived lymphomas, including follicular lymphomas, Hodgkin lymphomas and angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, through their integrated cellular microenvironment, highlighting those findings which may serve as a useful surrogate marker for tumour diagnosis or tumour progression, together with key molecules involved in tumour development.
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- Antonino Carbone
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy.
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Lee Y, Lee KW, Kim JH, Bang SM, Lee JS, Park BB, Kim WS, Suh C, Kang JH, Ryoo BY, Lee JH, Shin DB. Epstein-Barr virus-positivity in tumor has no correlation with the clinical outcomes of patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. Korean J Intern Med 2008; 23:30-6. [PMID: 18363277 PMCID: PMC2686953 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2008.23.1.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is involved in the pathogenesis of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT), but its precise role and prognostic impact are not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of EBV-postitivity in the tumor and bone marrow (BM) samples from AILT patients, and their correlations with the clinical variables and patient survival. METHODS Seventy AILT cases were identified over a period of 8 years. Twenty seven cases were investigated for their EBV tumor status, and 10 BM samples of these patients were investigated for their EBV status with using in situ hybridization (ISH). EBV PCR was performed for the BM mononuclear cells in 8 cases. RESULTS Among the 27 tumor specimens, ten (37%) were EBV-positive. Only CD20-negativity in tumor correlated with the EBV-positivity (p = 0.035). In 13 (48%) patients, gross tumor involvement was recognized by hematoxylin-eosin staining at the time of diagnosis. Among the 10 patients who had additional BM slides available, there were 3 with BM involvement, and none showed EBV positive results on ISH. EBV PCR of the BM mononuclear cells revealed one-positive case among 8 patients. This patient was negative for both BM involvement and EBV ISH. The median overall survival of the 25 treated patients was 48.9 months (95% CI: 18.6 approximately 79.2 months). Neither overall survival nor progression-free survival was related with EBV-positivity of the tumor. CONCLUSIONS EBV-positivity of tumor had no impact on the prognosis of AILT patients.
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- Yuna Lee
- Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Inchon, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Inchon, Korea
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- Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Inchon, Korea
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma most often affects the elderly. Patients present with generalized lymphadenopathy and systemic symptoms; half also have hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and a rash. Polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia, elevated lactate dehydrogenase, and anemia are the main laboratory abnormalities. Autoimmune phenomena (including autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immunologic thrombocytopenia, and autoantibodies) are common. Lymph node biopsy is needed to confirm this diagnosis. Genetic analysis that reveals a monoclonal T-cell population is also relevant. The underlying immune deficiency explains the frequency of infections. Most patients are treated with combination chemotherapy. Autologous stem cell transplantation is proposed to the youngest. Immunosuppressive drugs may be appropriate for elderly or relapsing patients. The overall 5-year survival rate is 30%.
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- Florence Lachenal
- Service de médecine interne, Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Bénite.
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Kang HY, Hwang JH, Park YS, Bang SM, Lee JS, Chung JH, Kim H. Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma mimicking Crohn's disease. Dig Dis Sci 2007; 52:2743-7. [PMID: 17394065 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9781-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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- Hae Yeon Kang
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Oyama T, Yamamoto K, Asano N, Oshiro A, Suzuki R, Kagami Y, Morishima Y, Takeuchi K, Izumo T, Mori S, Ohshima K, Suzumiya J, Nakamura N, Abe M, Ichimura K, Sato Y, Yoshino T, Naoe T, Shimoyama Y, Kamiya Y, Kinoshita T, Nakamura S. Age-related EBV-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders constitute a distinct clinicopathologic group: a study of 96 patients. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:5124-32. [PMID: 17785567 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-06-2823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE We have recently reported EBV+ B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD) occurring predominantly in elderly patients, which shared features of EBV+ B-cell neoplasms arising in the immunologically deteriorated patients despite no predisposing immunodeficiency and were named as senile or age-related EBV+ B-cell LPDs. To further characterize this disease, age-related EBV+ B-cell LPDs were compared with EBV-negative diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL). EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Among 1,792 large B-cell LPD cases, 96 EBV+ cases with available clinical data set were enrolled for the present study. For the control group, 107 patients aged over 40 years with EBV-negative DLBCL were selected. We compared clinicopathologic data between two groups and determined prognostic factors by univariate and multivariate analysis. RESULTS Patients with age-related EBV+ B-cell LPDs showed a higher age distribution and aggressive clinical features or parameters than EBV-negative DLBCLs: 44% with performance status >1, 58% with serum lactate dehydrogenase level higher than normal, 49% with B symptoms, and higher involvement of skin and lung. Overall survival was thus significantly inferior in age-related EBV+ group than in DLBCLs. Univariate and multivariate analyses further identified two factors, B symptoms and age older than 70 years, independently predictive for survival. A prognostic model using these two variables well defined three risk groups: low risk (no adverse factors), intermediate risk (one factor), and high risk (two factors). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that age-related EBV+ B-cell LPDs constitute a distinct group, and innovative therapeutic strategies such as EBV-targeted T-cell therapy should be developed for this uncommon disease.
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- Takashi Oyama
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Cady FM, Morice WG. Flow Cytometric Assessment of T-cell Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorders. Clin Lab Med 2007; 27:513-32, vi. [PMID: 17658405 DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2007.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Flow cytometry is frequently used in the evaluation of potential T-cell lineage lymphoproliferative disorders. Although flow cytometry is a useful tool, interpretation of the results can be challenging, because T-cells lack an easily analyzed structural element that can provide a surrogate marker of clonality such as immunoglobulin light chains on B-cells. Thus, routine T-cell phenotyping assays in the clinical laboratory require the comprehensive analysis of several T-cell-associated antigens. Although the detection of aberrant patterns of T-cell antigen expression can be helpful in establishing a diagnosis of T-cell malignancy, these patterns are not always disease specific, and some can overlap significantly with T-cell phenotypes observed in reactive conditions. Thus, arriving at an accurate diagnosis requires correlation of the flow cytometry results with the clinical, morphologic, and molecular results. Furthermore, the integration of these varied pieces of information into a cogent diagnosis requires an understanding of T-cell biology. In this review, the use of flow cytometry to identify T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, particularly in peripheral blood and bone marrow specimens, is discussed, and a brief overview of T-cell biology to aid the reader in understanding the significance of the flow cytometry results is provided.
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- Francois M Cady
- Division of Hematopathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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