Monoclonal B-cell population mimicking lymphoma in a patient with multiple sclerosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-278

  Young, Carolyn ^a   Gordon, Norman ^b   Safran, Howard P ^b   Schatz, Sanford ^e   Stopa, Edward ^a,c   King, Thomas C ^a,b,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029871190     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Trainor KJ, Brisco MJ, Story CJ, Morley AA. Monoclonality in B-lymphoproliferative disorders detected at the DNA level. Blood. 1990;75:2220-2222.
2. McCarthy KP, Sloane JP, Wiedemann LM. Rapid method for distinguishing clonal from polyclonal B cell populations in surgical biopsy specimens. J Clin Pathol. 1990;43:429-432.
3. Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL. Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. New York, NY: WB Saunders Co; 1994:1326-1328.
4. Wucherpfennig KW, Newcombe J, Li H, Keddy C, Cuzner ML, Hafler DA. T cell receptor V alpha-V beta repertoire and cytokine gene expression in active multiple sclerosis lesions. J Exp Med. 1992;175:993-1002.
5. Ben-Nun A, Liblau RS, Cohen L, et al. Restricted T-cell receptor B beta gene usage by myelin basic protein-specific T-cell clones in multiple sclerosis: predominant genes vary in individuals. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1991;88:2466-2470.
6. Kotzin BL, Karuturi S, Chou YK, et al. Preferential T-cell receptor beta-chain variable gene use in myelin basic protein-reactive T-cell clones from patients with multiple sclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1991;88:9161-9165.
7. Lee SJ, Wucherpfennig KW, Brod SA, Benjamin D, Weiner HL, Hafler DA. Common T-cell receptor V beta usage in oligoclonal T lymphocytes derived from cerebrospinal fluid and blood of patients with multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 1991;29:33-39.
8. Abbas AK, Lichtman AH, Pober JS. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 2nd ed. New York, NY: WB Saunders Co; 1994:404-408.
9. Burtis CA, Ashwood ER. Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry. 2nd ed. New York, NY: WB Saunders Co; 1994:728-730.
10. Dixon F, Fisher DW. Immunopathology. New York, NY: HP Publishing Co; 1980:1614-1615.
11. Farrell MA, Kaufmann JJ, Gilbert JJ, Noseworthy JH, Armstrong HA, Ebers GC. Oligoclonal bands in multiple sclerosis: clinical-pathologic correlation. Neurology. 1985;35:212-218.
12. Achille A, Scarpa A, Montresor M, et al. Routine application of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of monoclonality of B-cell proliferations. Diagn Mol Pathol. 1995;4:14-24.
13. Segal GH, Scott M, Jorgensen T, Braylan RC. Standard polymerase chain reaction analysis does not detect t(14;18) in reactive lymphoid hyperplasia. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1994;118:791-794.
14. O'Leary TJ, Stetler-Stevenson M. Diagnosis of t(14;18)by polymerase chain reaction: the natural evolution of a laboratory test. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1994;118:789-790.
15. McCarthy KP, Sloane IP, Kabarowsi JHS, Matutes E, Wiedmann LM. A simplified method of detection of clonal rearrangements of the T-cell receptor-gamma chain gene. Diagn Mol Pathol. 1992;1:173-179.
16. McCarthy KP, Sloane JP, Kabarowsi JHS, Matutes E, Wiedmann LM. The rapid detection of clonal T-cell proliferations in patients with lymphoid disorders. Am J Pathol. 1991;138:821-828.
17. Chan WC, Greiner TC. Diagnosis of lymphomas by the polymerase chain reaction. Am J Clin Pathol. 1994;102:273-274.
18. Cossman J, Uppenkamp M, Sundeen J, Coupland R, Raffeld M. Molecular genetics and the diagnosis of lymphoma. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1988;112:117-127.
19. Weinberg JM, Rook AH, Lessin SR. Molecular diagnosis of lymphocytic infiltrates of the skin. Arch Dermatol. 1993;129:1491-1500.
20. Elenitoba-Johnson K, Medeiros LJ, Khorsand J, King TC. Lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue of the lung: a multifocal case of common clonal origin. Am J Clin Pathol. 1995;103:341-345.
21. Gulley ML, Dent GA, Ross DW. Classification and staging of lymphoma by molecular genetics. Cancer. 1992;69:1600-1606.
22. Santana V, Rose NR. Neoplastic lymphoproliferation in autoimmune disease: an updated review. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1992;63:205-213.
23. Bernard SM, Cartwright RA, Darwin CM, et al. A possible epidemiological association between multiple sclerosis and lymphoma/leukemia. Br J Haematol. 1987;65:122-123.
24. Medeiros LJ, Weiss LM. The utility of the polymerase chain reaction as a screening method for the detection of antigen receptor gene rearrangements. Hum Pathol. 1994;25:1261-1263.