Diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma: Utility of the polymerase chain reaction for detecting clonality from archival cytologic smears

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 349-356

  Kikuchi, Miho ^a   Kitamura, Kazuhisa ^a   Nishio, Yukiko ^a   Ishii, Midori ^a   Kawano, Naomi ^a   Inayama, Yoshiaki ^a   Miyagi, Yohei ^a   Nozawa, Akinori ^a   Nakatani, Yukio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonality; Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement; Lymphoma, B cell; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0036285110     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326733     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Evaluation of sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility of an optimized method for detecting clonal rearrangements of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections
2. Routine application of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of monoclonality of B-cell lymphoid proliferations
3. Monoclonality in B cell lymphoma detected in paraffin wax embedded sections using the polymerase chain reaction
4. Polymerase chain reaction versus Southern blot hybridization
5. Determination of B-cell clonality in paraffin-embedded endoscopic biopsy specimens of abnormal lymphocytic infiltrates and gastrointestinal lymphoma by polymerase chain reaction
6. The use of polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue
7. Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of B-cell clonality in the fine needle aspiration biopsy of a thyroid mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma
8. A comparison of polymerase chain reaction examination of cerebrospinal fluid and conventional cytology in the diagnosis of lymphomatous meningitis
9. Analysis of clonality in cytologic material using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
10. Fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of malignant lymphoma and reactive lymphoid hyperplasia
11. Detection of BCL2 rearrangement in archival cytological smears of B-cell lymphomas
12. Use of archival and fresh cytologic material for the polymerase chain reaction: Detection of the bcl-2 oncogene in lymphoid tissue obtained by fine needle biopsy
13. Rapid method for distinguishing clonal from polyclonal B cell populations surgical in biopsy specimens
14. Improved PCR method for detecting monoclonal immunoglobulin heavy chain rearrangement in B cell neoplasms
15. Applied molecular genetics in the diagnosis of malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
16. PCR-based alternative for diagnosis of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement: Principles, practice, and polemics
17. Optimal primer selection for clonality assessment by polymerase chain reaction analysis
18. Utility of a rapid polymerase chain reaction panel for detection of molecular changes in B-cell lymphoma
19. Comparison of different polymerase chain reaction-based approaches for clonality assessment of immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene rearrangements in B-cell neoplasia
20. Chelex® 100 as medium for simple extraction of DNA for PCR-based typing from forensic material
21. A simple method for amplification of DNA from paraffin-embedded tissues