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KSHV- and EBV-associated germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Du, Ming-Qing Diss, Tim C. Liu, Hongxiang Ye, Hongtao Hamoudi, Rifat A. Cabeçadas, José Dong, Henry Y. Harris, Nancy Lee Chan, John K. C. Rees, John W. Dogan, Ahmet Isaacson, Peter G. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | Kaposi sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is known to be associated with 3 distinct lymphoproliferative disorders: primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), multicentric Castleman disease (MCD), and MCD-associated plasmablastic lymphoma. We report 3 cases of a previously undescribed KSHV-associated lymphoproliferative disorder. The disease presented as localized lymphadenopathy and showed a favorable response to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Histologically, the lymphoproliferation is characterized by plasmablasts that preferentially involved germinal centers of the lymphoid follicles, forming confluent aggregates. They were negative for CD20, CD27, CD79a, CD138, BCL6, and CD10 but showed monotypic κ or λ light chain. Clusters of CD10+CD20+ residual follicle center cells were identified in some of the follicles. The plasmablasts were positive for both KSHV and EBV, and most of them also expressed viral interleukin-6 (vIL-6). Unexpectedly, molecular analysis of whole tissue sections or microdissected KSHV-positive aggregates demonstrated a polyclonal or oligoclonal pattern of immunoglobulin (Ig) gene rearrangement. The plasmablasts showed somatic mutation and intraclonal variation in the rearranged Ig genes, and one case expressed switched Ig heavy chain (IgA), suggesting that they originated from germinal center B cells. We propose calling this distinctive entity “KSHV-associated germinotropic lymphoproliferative disorder.” |
| Related Links | http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/100/9/3415.full.pdf |
| Ending Page | 3418 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 3415 |
| DOI | 10.1182/blood-2002-02-0487 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Issue Number | 9 |
| Volume Number | 100 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Hematology |
| Publisher Date | 2002-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Pathology Lymphoma Mcd Cd10 Cd20 Follicles Lymphoproliferative Disorder Kshv Rearranged Journal: Blood (Vol- 109, Issue- 9) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |