Concomitant angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and low grade B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder.
The presence of a rearranged immunoglobulin gene, in addition to the expected T-cell receptor gene rearrangement, is a frequent, albeit poorly understood, finding in the setting of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy. A case of an angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma is presented, where this apparently paradoxical dual gene rearrangement could be ascribed to the coexistence of an occult B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder.
Christopoulos
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Thriasio General Hospital, Athens, Greece. chrada@ath.forthnet.gr
Tassidou
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A
Golfinopoulou
S
S
Anastasiadis
G
G
Manetas
S
S
Anagnostou
D
D
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007119:Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders; D008297:Male