Epstein-Barr virus in lymphoproliferative diseases in the sino-nasal region: close association with CD56+ immunophenotype and polymorphic-reticulosis morphology.
Association between Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and nasal T-cell lymphoma (NTL) has been demonstrated. NTL has 2 types of histologic figures: one is ordinary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) with monomorphous proliferation, and the other is polymorphic-reticulosis (PR) morphology. The presence of the EBV genome and its sub-types (A and B) were examined on paraffin-embedded specimens from 36 cases of sino-nasal lymphomas (SNL) collected from Seoul, Republic of Korea, where the frequency of NTL is high. Patients' ages ranged from 2 to 74 years (median 54 years) with a male-to-female ratio of 2.5:1. Immunophenotypically, 8 cases were B-cell type, 11 were T-cell type with CD56-, 14 were CD56+ type, and 3 were null-cell type. Five of 11 cases with ordinary NHL of T-cell type and 9 of 14 cases with PR were CD56+. The EBV genome was found by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in the tumor cells by in situ hybridization (ISH) in 1 of 4 B-cell type (25%), 5 of 10 T-cell type (50%), 11 of 13 CD56+ type (85%), and in both of null-cell type (100%). Of 16 cases with PR morphology, 15 (94%) were positive for the EBV genome. All of the 5 NTLs of ordinary NHL with CD56- were negative for EBV. Concerning the sub-type of EBV, 16 cases had type A, while none had type-B EBV. These findings suggest that NTL comprises 2 groups: EBV-positive NTLs are CD56+ and/or histologically PR, and EBV-negative NTLs are CD56- and histologically ordinary NHL. The current results on Korean patients, together with earlier studies on Japanese and Malaysian patients, have shown the predominance of type-A EBV in sino-nasal lymphoma in Asia.
Tomita
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Department of Pathology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
Ohsawa
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Qiu
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Hashimoto
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Yang
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Kim
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Aozasa
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007223:Infant; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D017252:CD3 Complex; D004279:DNA, Viral