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Phenotypic analysis of peripheral T/NK cell lymphoma: Study of 408 Japanese cases with special reference to their anatomical sites
Author(s) -
Ichimura Koichi,
Kagami Yoshitoyo,
Suzuki Ritsuro,
Kojima Masaru,
Yoshino Tadashi,
Ohshima Koichi,
Koike Koichi,
Kondo Eisei,
Taji Hirofumi,
Ogura Michinori,
Morishima Yasuo,
Akagi Tadaatsu,
Takahashi Toshitada,
Nakamura Shigeo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pathology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1827
pISSN - 1320-5463
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01479.x
Subject(s) - lymphoma , anaplastic large cell lymphoma , cytotoxic t cell , mycosis fungoides , t cell lymphoma , peripheral t cell lymphoma , anaplastic lymphoma kinase , phenotype , pathology , biology , large cell lymphoma , disease , t cell , immunology , cancer research , medicine , in vitro , immune system , gene , malignant pleural effusion , lung cancer , biochemistry
The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of malignant lymphoma presented a list of disease entities well defined by clinical, immunological and genetic features. Therefore, the current diagnosis of peripheral T/NK‐cell lymphomas (PTNKLs) essentially requires the inclusion of anatomical sites of disease and phenotypical features. We analyzed 408 Japanese cases of PTNKLs in order to clarify the relationship between anatomical sites of disease and phenotypical features and to translate the functional subsets of T and NK cells into their diagnoses for further understanding lymphomatic biology. The T/NK‐cell lymphoma entities were allocated into three categories: (i) cytotoxic memory T‐cell and/or NK‐cell lymphoma ( n = 151) consisting of extranodal NK/T‐cell tumors other than mycosis fungoides (MF); (ii) non‐cytotoxic memory T‐cell lymphoma ( n = 142) consisting of nodal and cutaneous tumors such as angioimmunoblastic T‐cell lymphoma, adult T‐cell lymphoma/leukemia and MF; and (iii) anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma ( n = 110) that has unique features and might be regarded as cytotoxic ‘naive’ T‐cell lymphoma. Overall, these three categories were significantly correlated with age of onset, anatomical sites, the level of expression of cytotoxic molecules and CD45RO, and association with Epstein–Barr virus. This concept might provide a new insight enabling further understanding of the interrelationships among WHO T/NK‐cell disease entities.