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Bani-Hani KE, Yaghan RJ, Matalka II. Primary gastric lymphoma in Jordan with special emphasis on descriptive epidemiology. Leuk Lymphoma 2005; 46:1337-43. [PMID: 16109612 DOI: 10.1080/10428190500155660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the clinicopathological features and epidemiology of primary gastric lymphoma in Jordan as a model for Middle East countries where such data is scarce. From 1991--2002, 219 patients with primary gastric malignancy were managed at our hospitals. Among these there were 19 patients with primary gastric lymphoma. Pertinent data for these patients were analyzed. Primary gastric lymphoma constituted 65.5% of all gastrointestinal lymphoma and 8.7% of all gastric malignancies. Male-to-female ratio was 2.8:1. The mean age was 56 years (range 39--82). The incidence was 0.6/100,000. The proximal third was the most common localisation. Abdominal pain was the commonest presentation. Low-grade MALT lymphomas, high-grade MALT lymphomas, diffuse large cell B lymphomas and T cell lymphoma were found in 21.1, 26.3, 47.4 and 5.3%, respectively. Nine patients had gastrectomy followed by chemotherapy, 6 patients had palliative resection, 3 patients had chemotherapy only and the remaining patient was treated with Helicobacter pylori eradication. The mean follow-up for all patients was 42.2 months. The 5-year survival rates for stages IE (n=5), IIE (n=4), IIIE (n=6) and IVE (n=4) were 100, 67, 27 and 0%, respectively (p=0.0003). The overall 5 years survival was 48.2%. Primary gastric lymphoma in Jordan shares some epidemiological features with western disease. Jordanian patients are detected and treated after a relatively long delay. Advanced stage at diagnosis correlated with poor outcome. There is a need of an earlier diagnosis and subsequent better care.
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- K E Bani-Hani
- Department of Surgery, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
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Lindboe CF, Holm SE, Lie AK. Synchronous occurrence of carcinoid tumour of the appendix and T-cell lymphoma of the ileum. A case report with review of the literature. APMIS 1999; 107:523-8. [PMID: 10335957 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01588.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carcinoid tumours of the gastrointestinal tract are often associated with other tumour types at various sites. However, only rarely has a lymphoma constituted the second tumour. In the present paper, we report the case of a 62-year-old woman who was operated on for a perforated T-cell lymphoma of the ileum and in whom an appendicular carcinoid tumour was incidentally discovered at surgery. It was possible to completely remove both tumours and postoperatively the patient underwent CHOP treatment. Ten months after surgery the patient is well, with no tumour manifestations. We also discuss problems concerning classification of the lymphoma on account of loss of the T-cell antigen CD45RO (UCHL-1).
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- C F Lindboe
- Department of Pathology, Vest-Agder Central Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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Horie R, Yatomi Y, Wakabayashi T, Ohno Y, Eriguchi M, Higashihara M, Nakahara K, Watanabe T. Primary gastric T-cell lymphomas: report of two cases and a review of the literature. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1999; 29:171-8. [PMID: 10225702 DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.3.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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To understand more fully the clinicopathological features of primary gastric T-cell lymphomas (PGTL), we report two cases of PGTL and review the literature. The present cases were not associated with human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and were at clinical stage IIE. In both cases, T-cell origin of the lymphoma cells was diagnosed immunohistochemically. The clinical courses of these two cases were different: one followed a very aggressive clinical course and the patient died 6 months after the diagnosis, whereas the other patient survived more than 2 years without adjuvant chemotherapy. Clinicopathological features of 23 patients with PGTL are summarized with regard to their differences from primary small intestinal T-cell lymphomas (PSITL) and by association with HTLV-1. The median age at onset of PGTL was 58 years. The gender ratio was male-dominant (M:F = 2.3:1). About two-thirds (10 of 17) of PGTL cases had evidence of HTLV-1 infection. The most common presenting symptom for PGTL was upper abdominal discomfort and/or pain (76%), whereas that in PSITL was weight loss (61%) and diarrhea (42%). Typical lesions for PGTL were large ulcerations at the corpus to antrum. Neoplastic cells had no typical morphological characteristics for PGTL including HTLV-1-associated cases. CD3+4+8- was the most frequently observed surface phenotype of PGTL cells. Laboratory findings at diagnosis were not informative. Most patients were treated by gastrectomy with or without chemotherapy. PGTL, excluding that with HTLV-1, showed better prognosis than PSITL, although PGTL with HTLV-1 had a poorer prognosis.
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- R Horie
- Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Shimada-Hiratsuka M, Fukayama M, Hayashi Y, Ushijima T, Suzuki M, Hishima T, Funata N, Koike M, Watanabe T. Primary gastric T-cell lymphoma with and without human T-lymphotropic virus type 1. Cancer 1997; 80:292-303. [PMID: 9217043 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19970715)80:2<292::aid-cncr18>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gastric T-cell lymphomas are rare, and their incidence and viral status have not yet been fully clarified. METHODS Sixty-seven cases of surgically resected gastric lymphomas from city hospitals in Tokyo were evaluated. The surface phenotype was determined by immunohistochemistry, gene rearrangement by Southern blot hybridization, association with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) by EBV-encoded small RNAs in situ hybridization, and the presence of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) by serology, Southern blot hybridization, and polymerase chain reaction analysis. RESULTS Five of the 67 cases were T-cell lymphoma (7%): 3 cases were HTLV-1 negative (-) and 2 were HTLV-1 positive (+). Systemic eosinophilia was observed in the three HTLV-1(-) gastric lymphomas. Neoplastic cells were morphologically similar in both groups, but a granulomatous reaction with marked eosinophilia was observed only in the two cases of HTLV-1(-) lymphoma. They also had characteristics of natural killer (NK) cell-like T-cell lymphoma, expressing NK markers and TCRgamma gene rearrangement. Positivity with HML-1 (specific for intestinal epithelial T-cells lymphoma was observed in one HTLV-1(+) lymphoma. The EBV gene was detected in only one case of B-cell lymphoma but not in any case of T-cell lymphoma. CONCLUSIONS Gastric T-cell lymphoma occurs in 7% of gastric lymphomas in Japan and is comprised of HTLV-1-related lymphomas and lymphomas unrelated to HTLV-1, including NK cell-like lymphomas with eosinophilia.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification
- Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunophenotyping
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/virology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Stomach Neoplasms/immunology
- Stomach Neoplasms/pathology
- Stomach Neoplasms/virology
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Sreenan JJ, Tubbs RR. The influence of immunology and genetics on lymphoma classification: a historical perspective. Cancer Invest 1996; 14:572-88. [PMID: 8951361 DOI: 10.3109/07357909609076902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
MESH Headings
- Antigens, Neoplasm/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Classification/methods
- Genotype
- History, 20th Century
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/classification
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/classification
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/genetics
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/immunology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/classification
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
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- J J Sreenan
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA
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Miller DC, Hochberg FH, Harris NL, Gruber ML, Louis DN, Cohen H. Pathology with clinical correlations of primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Massachusetts General Hospital experience 1958-1989. Cancer 1994; 74:1383-97. [PMID: 8055462 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19940815)74:4<1383::aid-cncr2820740432>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL-CNS) is an enigmatic disease of uncertain origin. At the Massachusetts General Hospital, 104 patients with NHL-CNS were seen from 1958 through 1989. An impression of changes in the frequency of diagnosis, character of the tumors, and therapy for this disease prompted this study of the pathologic features, clinical data, and natural history of this tumor in these 104 patients. METHODS Histologic slides (neurosurgical specimens and autopsy tissues) were available for 99 patients. The tumors were classified by the Working Formulation classification. Immunostaining data and all clinical data were retrieved from the relevant offices and hospital charts. RESULTS Primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma tripled in frequency (5.66 cases per year in 1978-89 versus 1.75 cases per year in 1958-77) and now represents 6.6% of all primary brain neoplasms (versus 3.3% before 1978; chi 2 = 17.52, P < 0.01). For the 99 tumors histologically classified, 89% were high grade. Intermediate grade lymphomas, once the second most common subtype, have disappeared since 1983. All tumors had diffuse architecture; 77% (including all 11 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome) were large cell subtypes. Two cases were intravascular lymphoma. With one exception, all of the 41 tumors evaluated were B-cell types; 32 of 40 had monotypic surface immunoglobulin. There was 1 T-cell lymphoma. Of 64 tumor recurrences, 29 were at the initially defined site; 12 were in the leptomeninges, 29 were in other sites in the neuraxis, and 8 were in systemic sites. Systemic metastases have not occurred since 1984. Median survival for the 68 patients who survived after diagnostic surgery and for whom follow-up information could be obtained was 19 months; 9 months for those with high grade tumors and 30.5 months for those with intermediate grade tumors. This difference was not significant (P = 0.13). A separate set of seven patients had focal tumorlike lymphoid infiltrates composed of benign-appearing lymphocytes, which were associated with good long term survival. The differential histologic diagnosis of NHL-CNS was occasionally difficult, and the spectrum of this differential was broader than generally stated. CONCLUSIONS Primary central nervous system non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has increased in frequency even in nonimunocompromised patient populations. This increase has been accompanied by the disappearance of intermediate grade histologic types, suggesting a fundamental shift in the biology of the neoplasms. The introduction of chemotherapeutic regimens appears to have altered the natural history such that systemic metastases outside the central nervous system no longer occur, and there are now some long term survivors of this formerly uniformly fatal disease.
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MESH Headings
- Brain Neoplasms/pathology
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms/classification
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms/pathology
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Incidence
- Lymphoma, AIDS-Related/epidemiology
- Lymphoma, AIDS-Related/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/epidemiology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic/epidemiology
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic/pathology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/classification
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/epidemiology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology
- Male
- Massachusetts/epidemiology
- Meningeal Neoplasms/pathology
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Survival Rate
- Treatment Outcome
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- D C Miller
- Department of Pathology, Rita and Stanley Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016
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Lähdeaho ML, Lehtinen T, Aine R, Hakala T, Lehtinen M. Antibody response to adenovirus E1b-derived synthetic peptides and serum levels of p53 in patients with gastrointestinal and other malignant lymphomas. J Med Virol 1994; 43:393-6. [PMID: 7964649 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890430413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Serum levels of p53 and antipeptide antibody levels to adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) E1b protein were measured in a case-control study of 62 newly diagnosed patients with malignant lymphoma. While patients with gastrointestinal lymphoma did not differ from their matched controls, p53 positive lymphoma patients had significantly (P < 0.04) increased antipeptide IgG antibody levels to the Ad12 E1b. Concomitant detection of serum p53 and antipeptide antibodies to Ad12 E1b was associated with an increased risk (OR = 17.0, 95% confidence limits 1.5, 58.5) of malignant lymphoma suggesting synergism between expression of Ad12 E1b and accumulation of p53 in patients with malignant lymphoma.
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- M L Lähdeaho
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Gastrointestinal lymphoma is a rare disease. A study was conducted to assess its prevalence and clinical features in adult patients with lymphoma. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 1352 patients with adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma showed 300 (22%) cases with gastrointestinal involvement at initial presentation. RESULTS Of the 185 patients with primary gastrointestinal lymphoma, 94 (51%) had gastric primary lymphoma and the rest (49%) had a lymphoma of intestinal origin. Patients with intestinal lymphoma were considerably younger (median age, 35.0 years), frequently had multifocal disease (14%), and had a 10-year survival rate of 48%. Cases with gastric primary lymphoma had a median age of 54.5 years (P < 0.001) and rarely had multifocal disease (1%; P < 0.001) but had an equal 10-year survival rate of 53% (P = 0.431). For both groups, the combined surgical resection followed by chemotherapy led to better 10-year survival (45%) compared with either modality used alone (0% and 35%, respectively; P < 0.05). Better survival was also noted in ambulatory patients, younger patients, those with localized disease, and those without intestinal perforation. Another 115 patients had gastrointestinal involvement secondary to disseminated disease with frequent high-grade histology (29%) and a poor 10-year survival rate of 22%. CONCLUSIONS Gastrointestinal involvement is relatively common in patients with adult lymphoma. Multimodality treatment appeared superior to therapy with either surgery or chemotherapy used alone.
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- M H Amer
- Department of Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Tokioka T, Shimamoto Y, Tokunaga O, Yamaguchi M. HTLV-I associated and non-associated primary T-cell lymphoma of gastrointestinal tract. Leuk Lymphoma 1993; 9:399-405. [PMID: 8348075 DOI: 10.3109/10428199309148541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is the common extranodal site for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and primary lymphoma of GI tract are mostly of B-cell origin. We have treated 16 patients with primary lymphoma of GI tract between 1981 and 1991, of whom 10 (62%) were of B-cell origin, while 6 (38%) were of T-cell origin. The incidence of T-cell phenotype in our hospital was considered to be much higher than that of previous reports and these 6 patients with primary T-cell lymphoma of GI tract were carefully studied. The primary sites were stomach in 4, ileocecum in 1, and duodenum in 1 case. Their T-cell nature was confirmed by immunohistochemical methods. All were peripheral T-cell lymphomas; one was CD 3+ 4- 8- and the other 5 were CD 3+ 4+ 8-. The antibody against human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) was positive in 3 cases (HTLV-I associated), but negative in 3 (HTLV-I non-associated). The integration of HTLV-I proviral DNA in HTLV-I associated patients was demonstrated by Southern blot analysis after DNA amplification by means of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The clinical features of the HTLV-I associated and HTLV-I non-associated primary T-cell lymphoma of the GI tract were quite different. HTLV-I associated patients showed leukemic manifestations and tumor involvement of the skin at a later stage of the disease. These observations indicated that HTLV-I can play an important role in the occurrence of primary T-cell lymphoma of GI tract.
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- T Tokioka
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan
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Tokunaga O, Watanabe T, Shimamoto Y, Tokudome S. Primary T-cell lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I. An analysis using in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction. Cancer 1993; 71:708-16. [PMID: 8431850 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19930201)71:3<708::aid-cncr2820710309>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND During a population-based local cancer registry, a peculiar type of T-cell lymphoma restricted to the gastrointestinal tract was found in patients living in southwestern Japan. METHODS Five cases of gastrointestinal (GI) tract T-cell lymphoma were analyzed with immunohistologic examination, ultrastructural analysis, in situ hybridization (ISH), and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS All cases satisfied the criteria of primary GI tract lymphoma at presentation or operation. Four showed a close relationship to human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). Those four had positive results for anti-HTLV-I antibody and positive surface markers for CD4, positive hybridization signals by ISH, and HTLV-I gene products by PCR, but they had no lymphoma cells in peripheral blood or bone marrow. The fifth case showed negative signals by ISH and PCR. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that some of the putative adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) types can be further classified as GI-tract-type lymphoma. The prognosis for the GI tract type is as poor as it is for conventional ATLL.
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- O Tokunaga
- Department of Pathology, Saga Medical School, Japan
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Wolf BC, Sheahan K, DeCoste D, Variakojis D, Alpern HD, Haselow RE. Immunohistochemical analysis of small cell tumors of the thyroid gland: an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study. Hum Pathol 1992; 23:1252-61. [PMID: 1330875 DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(92)90293-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The majority of small cell anaplastic tumors of the thyroid gland are generally believed to be non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, including most of those formerly classified as small cell carcinomas. Using a panel of antibodies capable of detecting epithelial, neuroendocrine, and B and T cells in paraffin-embedded tissue sections, we studied 68 thyroid neoplasms in which the original diagnosis was small cell carcinoma or lymphoma. Sixty-three of the tumors were identified as lymphomas of B-cell origin on the basis of L26 reactivity used in conjunction with light chain restriction and MB2 immunostaining. Two additional tumors were classified as lymphomas of indeterminate phenotype. Immunophenotyping indicated an epithelial origin in the remaining three tumors. No cases of medullary carcinoma were detected by immunostaining. Histologic review revealed a predominance of large cell and immunoblastic lymphomas, with low-grade lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue histology accounting for only five cases. Our findings indicate that the majority of small cell anaplastic tumors of the thyroid are B-cell lymphomas. Although primary small cell carcinoma of the thyroid may rarely occur, this diagnosis should not be made without immunohistologic confirmation.
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- B C Wolf
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Albany Medical College, New York 12208
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HTLV-I induced not only nodal but also primary extranodal lymphomas. In this report we describe 12 patients with HTLV-I induced extranodal T-cell lymphoma collected from the literature and our institute experience. There were 5 males and 7 female patients of middle age positive for HTLV-I antibody. The sites of primary tumor were gastrointestinal, Waldeyer's ring, skin, facial sinuses, and the pleura. All of these were histologically diffuse lymphomas and most of them were found to be a helper/inducer T-cell phenotype, showing integration of HTLV-I proviral DNA. Late leukemic changes and skin infiltration often occurred, but hypercalcemia was rare. Survival time varied from 4 to 35 months, and late organ infiltrations were common. These HTLV-I induced extranodal lymphomas were compared with HTLV-I unrelated extranodal lymphomas or HTLV-I induced nodal lymphomas (lymphoma type ATL). Between 1981 and 1990, we had 110 ATL patients and of these, 5 (4.6%) were HTLV-I induced primary extranodal lymphomas. The frequency of HTLV-I induced extranodal lymphoma might be much higher than expected because until now attention has not been paid to this entity. From the present review, it is suggested that HTLV-I could cause primary extranodal lymphoma which may have some different characteristics from other types of lymphoma. Therefore, patients with T-cell extranodal lymphomas should be investigated further for the presence of HTLV-I antibody and the tumor cells should be examined for the integration of HTLV-I proviral DNA using Southern blot analysis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Y Shimamoto
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan
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Primary GI lymphoma is a rare clinical entity. A primary nodal tumor should be ruled out. Symptoms may not be localizing and B symptoms are less common. A tissue diagnosis, preferably by transmural biopsy for small intestinal involvement, often reveals a high-grade morphology. The staging work-up should include a bone marrow examination, although formal staging laparatomy is not always required. Patients with Mushoff stage IE or IIE1 disease do better than those with extraregional nodal disease or distant metastatic involvement. Surgical resection with clear margins is required in order to maximize the changes for cure. Chemotherapy or radiotherapy may give a survival advantage when used as adjuvant treatment for selected stage IE and IIE disease. Chemotherapy should be used after surgical debulking in more advanced disease in order to minimize the chance for bleeding or performation. Future randomized, multi-institutional trials will give more direction as to the best modes of management.
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- C R Thomas
- Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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Sagar SM, Karp SJ, Falzon M. Malignant lymphomatous polyposis: diagnosis and response to chemotherapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 1990; 2:230-4. [PMID: 2261420 DOI: 10.1016/s0936-6555(05)80174-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Malignant lymphomatous polyposis is a low-grade lymphoma with aggressive features. It may mimic polyposis coli on a barium enema and colonoscopic examination. An histological diagnosis may be made from a tissue biopsy taken via the colonoscope. We discuss the methods of diagnosis, the clinical behaviour and response to chemotherapy.
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- S M Sagar
- Meyerstein Institute of Clinical Oncology, Middlesex Hospital, London, UK
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