Hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-Cell Lymphoma in Immunocompromised Patients
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- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 116 (1), 41-50
- https://doi.org/10.1309/tc9u-fav7-0qbw-6dfc
Abstract
We describe 2 male patients in whom hepatosplenic gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma (HSTL) developed 6 and 10 years after renal transplantation. The onset was abrupt with systemic symptoms, cytopenia, and hepatosplenomegaly. The histologic examination of the spleen (case 1), liver, and bone marrow revealed sinusoidal infiltrates of markedly abnormal lymphocytes. The neoplastic cells in these cases were CD2+, CD3+, CD4–, CD5–, CD7+, CD8+, CD16+, CD56+, betaF1-negative, and TIA-1-negative. Both cases displayed clonal rearrangement of the T-cell receptor (TCR) delta gene and the TCR beta gene. The spleen in case 1 was positive for Epstein-Barr virus genome and showed TCR-gamma gene rearrangement by polymerase chain reaction. Isochromosome 7 [i(7)(q10)] was found in each case. Both patients died within 4 months of diagnosis. HSTL has been reported in only 5 renal transplant recipients. HSTL may be relatively more frequent in immunocompromised patients compared with the general population.Keywords
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