title: Increased incidence of monoclonal B-cell infiltrate in chronic myeloproliferative disorders.
abstract: A total of 106 trephine biopsy specimens with clinical, laboratory and pathology findings corresponding to chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD) were analyzed to reveal the nature of the lymphoid infiltrate in the bone marrow. Histological investigation in 31 chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), 29 CMPDs not otherwise specified (CMPD-NOS), 28 essential thrombocytosis (ET), 15 polycythemia vera (PV) and three chronic eosinophilic leukemia/hypereosinophilic syndrome (CEL/HES) exhibited in 32% various amounts of lymphocytic infiltrate of sparsely to moderately diffuse or nodular types in the bone marrow, but the reactive or coinciding lymphomatous nature could not be revealed by histology alone in the majority of cases. PCR analysis of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene rearrangement was successfully performed in 81 out of the 106 DNA specimens extracted from formol-paraffin blocks. Out of the 81 samples with good-quality DNA, 18 gave a single or double discrete amplification band(s), which was reproducible only in four specimens. Sequencing finally proved monoclonal B-cell population of both pre- and postfollicular origin in all four samples (5%), one CML and three CMPD-NOS. Detailed clinical and pathological investigations indicated overt B-cell malignant lymphoma with clonal relationship to the CMPD in two out of these four patients. We conclude that detailed molecular analysis of IgH gene rearrangement in bone marrow samples of CMPD patients is needed to identify the true monoclonal B-cell infiltration, which-even without overt malignant lymphoma-may occur in this group of disorders. Modern Pathology (2004) 17, 1521-1530, advance online publication, 16 July 2004; doi:10.1038/modpathol.3800225.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary. pajor@pathology.pote.hu
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pajor
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lacza
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kereskai
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jáksó
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egyed
authors.forename: János L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Iványi
authors.forename: Gáspár
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Radványi
authors.forename: Péter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dombi
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pál
authors.forename: Hajna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Losonczy
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D018956:CD5 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D015326:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009196:Myeloproliferative Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D015260:Neprilysin / Q000032:analysis; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017455:Receptors, IgE / Q000032:analysis; D013922:Thrombocytosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017252:CD3 Complex; D018956:CD5 Antigens; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D017455:Receptors, IgE; D004247:DNA; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl; D015260:Neprilysin