title: Differential diagnosis of malignant lymphomas and related disorders by specific pattern of expression of immunophenotypic markers revealed by multiparameter flow cytometry (Review).
abstract: The introduction of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for cell immunophenotyping and use of flow cytometry with the progressively improving software for multivariate analyses have revolutionized the diagnosis and influenced the classification of hematologic neoplasms. In this review we focus on the practical application of flow cytometry in the diagnosis and classification of malignant lymphomas and related lymphoproliferative disorders with special emphasis on differential diagnosis. A general approach to the utilization of flow cytometry (FC) in hematopathology with an algorithm to diagnose the most common neoplasms is presented. We discuss precursor B-cell neoplasms, mature B-cell neoplasms (SLL/CLL, mantle cell lymphoma, marginal zone lymphoma, hairy cell leukemia, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, plasma cell dyscrasias and lymphomas with plasmacytic differentiation), precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia and mature (peripheral) T-cell neoplasms, including T-SLL/PLL, anaplastic cell lymphomas and large granular cell leukemia/lymphoma. The text is accompanied by characteristic FC scatterplots of the discussed entities.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematopathology, IMPATH Inc., New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weisberger
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Melamed
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Darzynkiewicz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gorczyca
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D015415:Biomarkers; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D019070:Cell Lineage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping / Q000379:methods*; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015463:Leukemia, Prolymphocytic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D015415:Biomarkers