title: Floral variant of follicular lymphoma containing marginal zone B-cell component. Report of two cases.
abstract: We here report two unusual cases of floral variant of follicular lymphoma containing marginal zone B-cells. Histologically, the neoplastic follicles consisted of three distinct layers. The inner layer was composed of neoplastic germinal centers exhibiting a floral design and the middle layer had unusually prominent mantle zones. The outer zone of neoplastic follicles was surrounded by a pale cuff of marginal zone B-cells. Immunohistological study demonstrated that both the germinal center and marginal zone component lay within the follicular dendritic cell network. The germinal center component was CD10+ and bcl-2+. However, a portion of the marginal zone component weakly expressed bcl-2 but not CD10. Nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (NMZBL) occasionally possesses "floral" lymphoid follicles. Follicular lymphoma with marginal zone differentiation is a high-risk variant of follicular lymphoma. In diagnostic practice, the differential diagnosis between the floral variant of follicular lymphoma containing marginal zone B-cells and the "floral variant" of NMZBL is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, Gunma Cancer Center Hospital, Ohta, Japan. mkojima@gunma-cc.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motoori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged