Peripheral T-cell lymphomas: an evaluation of reproducibility of the updated Kiel classification.
Haematoxylin and eosin, and Giemsa stained sections from 100 peripheral T-cell lymphomas were examined blind on two occasions by four experienced haematopathologists in order to evaluate the inter- and intra-observer reproducibility of the updated Kiel classification for these malignancies. In all cases, the T-cell phenotype had been established previously in frozen section using a panel of monoclonal antibodies. Analysis by kappa statistics showed poor reproducibility, both overall and for most subtypes, with the exception of large cell anaplastic lymphoma. The distinction between low- and high-grade lymphomas was also unsatisfactory. These results indicate the need for improved precision in the definition of histological categories of peripheral T-cell lymphoma. The reproducibility of the update Kiel classification for peripheral T-cell lymphomas in its present form is inadequate.
Hastrup
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Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Hamilton-Dutoit
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Ralfkiaer
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Pallesen
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D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000145:classification; D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic