[Monoclonal immunoglobulin in patients with malignant lymphoma].
This paper presents the results of monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) determination in 202 patients with malignant lymphoma, 51 with Hodgkin's disease (HD) and 151 with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) including 4 patients with mycosis fungoides and 1 with pleomorphic T-cell lymphomas studied from Aug. 1980 to July. 1982. No monoclonal Ig was detected in 4 patients with mycosis fungoides, 51 with HD and 204 normal controls. In the rest 146 patients with NHL, 13 had monoclonal Ig (9%). The types and quantities of monoclonal Ig are discussed. We consider that the presence of monoclonal Ig may be one of the important characteristics of NHL.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins