Abstract |
Tumor cells from a total of 116 children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were studied for their pattern of reactivity with a battery of cell markers, including their capacity for spontaneous formation of sheep erythrocyte rosettes (E-rosettes), demonstration of surface immunoglobulins (SIg), and positivity with antisera against T-cell antigens, the common acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-associated antigen (cALLa), and Ia-like antigens. Fifty-eight children (50%) had T-cell lymphomas, including all those with mediastinal tumors. Fifty children (43%) had B-cell lymphomas, including 44 of the 45 with abdominal primaries. Eight children (7%) had non-T, non-B tumors, 4 of whom presented at a young age with cutaneous lymphoblastic tumors. These results demonstrate that the great majority of children with NHL, not leukemic at diagnosis, have tumors clearly committed to either T- or B-cell differentiation pathways and only rarely exhibit the common ALL phenotype (cALLa+, Ia+, E-, T-, SIg-), contrasting with the distribution of childhood lymphoblastic leukemias. The unusual association of these non-T, non-B cases with skin involvement has not previously been reported, raising speculation regarding patterns of lymphocyte traffic and origins of childhood lymphomas and leukemias.
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Authors | A Bernard, S B Murphy, S Melvin, W P Bowman, J Caillaud, J Lemerle, L Boumsell |
Journal | Blood
(Blood)
Vol. 59
Issue 3
Pg. 549-54
(Mar 1982)
ISSN: 0006-4971 [Print] United States |
PMID | 6977384
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- HLA-D Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Antigens, Neoplasm
(immunology)
- B-Lymphocytes
(cytology, immunology)
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- HLA-D Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
(immunology)
- Humans
- Infant
- Leukemia, Lymphoid
(immunology)
- Lymphoma
(complications, immunology, pathology)
- Male
- Mycosis Fungoides
(complications)
- Phenotype
- Sezary Syndrome
(complications)
- Skin Neoplasms
(complications, immunology)
- T-Lymphocytes
(cytology, immunology)
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