title: Clinicopathological and immunohistological correlation of malignant lymphomas of the skin.
abstract: The study utilised monoclonal antibodies for T and B cells to study the immunophenotype in our lymphomas and to correlate with the clinicopathological aspects of eight cases of malignant lymphomas, of which four are cutaneous T cell lymphoma and four malignant lymphomas. The method used was immunohistochemical staining of tissue section by the alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase (APAAP) procedure. For four cases of cutaneous T cell lymphoma, three were in stage 1 and one in stage 2. The immunophenotypes were typical of mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T cell lymphoma. They were predominantly T cells with many mature T cells. The CD4 to CD8 ratio fell within the normal range. There was no specific loss of CD7. For four cases of malignant lymphoma, T cell type, the pattern was again T cell phenotype with all of CD2, CD5, CD7 and CD4. The CD4 to CD8 ratios fell within the normal range except for one case, which showed a reversal of CD4/CD8, and this patient perished. His T suppressor cells were increased and had several cycles of malignant flare-up. One case showed mycosis fungoides, converting to lymphoma. This study demonstrates that monitoring of the progress is possible and can detect downgrading of malignant lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: National Skin Centre, Singapore.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Giam
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000473:pathology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000473:pathology