Splenic marginal zone expansion in B-cell lymphomas of gastrointestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) is reactive and does not represent homing of neoplastic lymphocytes

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-53

  Harris, Sue ^a   Wilkins, Bridget S ^a   Jones, David B ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Marginal zone; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; Polymerase chain reaction; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 0029997037     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199605)179:1<49::AID-PATH522>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Isaacson PG, Spencer J Low grade B cell lymphoma of gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT): a model of the structure and migration pathways of the B cell component of normal human GALT. Digestion 1990; 46 (Suppl 2). 274-279
2. Harris N Extranodal lymphomas and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT): a unifying concept Am J Surg Pathol 1991; 15: 879-884.
3. Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Stein H, et al. A revised European-American classification of lymphoid naoplasms; a proposal from the International Lymphoma Study Group. Blood 1994, 84: 1361-1392.
4. Isaacson, PG, Spencer J Malignant lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. Histopathology 1987; 11: 445-462
5. Spencer J, Diss TC, Isaacson PG. A study of the properties of a low-grade mucosal B cell lymphoma using a monoclonal antibody specific for tumour immunoglobulin. J Pathol 1990; 160: 231-238
6. Wotherspoon AC, Ortiz-Hidalgo C, Falzon M, Isaacson PG Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and primary B cell gastric lymphoma. Lancet 1991, 338: 1175-1176.
7. Harris NL. Low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue and monocytoid B-cell lymphoma. Related entities that are distinct from other low-grade B-cell lymphomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1993; 117: 771-775.
8. Van Krieken JH, Te Velde J. Normal histology of the human spleen Am J Surg Pathol 1988; 12: 777-785.
9. Buryn G, Zeyers B, Van Furth R Mechanisms of host defence against infection with Streptococcus pneumonia Clin Infect Dis 1992; 14: 251-262
10. Wan JH, Trainor KJ, Brisco MJ, Morley AA. Monoclonality in B cell lymphoma detected in paraffin wax embedded sections using the polymerase chain reaction J Clin Pathol 1992, 43: 888-890
11. Klein G, Bombos L, Gothoskar B. Sensitivity of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) producer and non-producer human lymphoblastoid cell lines to superinfection with EB-virus. Int J Cancer 1972; 10: 44-57.
12. Trainor K, Brisco M, Storey C. Monoclonality in B lymphoproliferative disease, detected by PCR. Blood 1990; 75: 2220-2222.
13. Wan JH, Sykes PJ, Orell SR, Morley AA Rapid method for detecting monoclonality in B cell lymphoma in lymph node aspirates using PCR. J Clin Pathol 1992; 45: 420-423.
14. Pan LX, Diss TC, Peng HZ, Isaacson PG. Clonality analysis of defined B cell populations in archival tissue sections using microdissection and PCR. Histopathology 1994; 24: 323-327.
15. Diss TC, Peng H, Wotherspoon C, Isaacson PG, Pan L. Detection of monoclonality in low grade B cell lymphomas using the polymerase chain reaction is dependent on primer selection and lymphoma type. J Pathol 1993; 169: 291-295
16. Treasure J, Wilkins BS, Delsol G, Jones DB Immunomorphometric analysis of normal and reactive splenic white pulp using a panel of monoclonal antibodies J Pathol 1993; 170: 357A.