title: Ki-1-positive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. An immunophenotypic, ultrastructural, and morphometric study.
abstract: The authors studied four cases of diffuse, large cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas with strong Ki-1 expression to determine if they shared characteristic ultrastructural or morphometric features in common. The tumor cells in these lymphomas all had very abundant cytoplasm, which often showed a concentration of organelles, especially mitochondria and Golgi apparatus, in regions next to nuclear concavities. One case had very complex cytoplasmic membrane projections resembling a "microvillous" lymphoma. These ultrastructural features combined with the frequent reniform nuclei and scattered lysosomes suggested histiocyte differentiation. However the immunophenotype was variable, more often showing "activation" markers and abnormal T-cell marker patterns. The mean nuclear area for all cases was between 38.3 +/- 12.7 to 42.3 +/- 16.2 microns2, roughly twice the size of the small lymphocyte population. The nuclear contour index, a measure of irregularity of the nuclear membrane, ranged from 4.75 +/- 0.86 to 6.36 +/- 1.89 (a circle is 3.54). These nuclear parameters are comparable in size to those of previously measured large cell lymphomas but exhibit more nuclear irregularity than most. Ki-1 lymphomas appear to represent a somewhat diverse group of tumors of lymphoid origin that exhibit some hybrid features of histiocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dardick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000276:immunology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015342:DNA Probes; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen