title: Diagnostic and prognostic value of monoclonal antibodies in immunophenotyping of T cell lymphomas.
abstract: 6 cases of post-thymic T cell lymphoma (PTCL) and 4 cases of T lymphoblastic lymphoma were investigated with a panel of 21 monoclonal antibodies (MoAb). The PTCL group was composed of 2 by 2 cases of lymphoepithelioid cell lymphoma, T zone lymphoma and T immunoblastic lymphoma. In lymphoepithelioid cell lymphoma, the cell proliferating activity was low, and a malignant clone was not identifiable by the methods used. In the cases of T zone lymphoma and T immunoblastic lymphoma, malignant populations were detectable on the grounds of immunologic marker profile combined with cytologic particularities. The 4 cases of T lymphoblastic lymphoma were of a common cortical thymic phenotype (T4+, T8+, T6+) and presented with a mediastinal mass. In 3 of them, cell proliferation marker (Ki-67) was expressed by most tumor cells. Cell proliferating activity, however, did not inversely correlate with survival.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis*; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D011379:Prognosis; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface