Determination of clonality in patients who present with diagnostic dilemmas: a laboratory experience and review of the literature

Leukemia
S P Rockman

Abstract

Identification of rearrangements in the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH), T cell receptor (TCR) and other genes assists in the classification of hemopoietic disorders. This study reviews a 5 year experience of genotyping as an assessment of clonality in a central referral laboratory. Patients were referred for assessment if abnormal hemopoietic populations were identified and where standard morphology, cytochemistry or immunophenotyping techniques were equivocal and unable to establish the diagnosis. Analysis of the antigen receptor genes (IgH gene and TCR gamma locus) was performed in 230 patients by either Southern blotting or the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Clonal rearrangements of either loci could be demonstrated in 91/230 patients: 56/161 patients analyzed by Southern blotting and 48/125 analyzed by polymerase chain reaction. A subgroup of patients (n = 88) was analyzed for rearrangement of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene by both techniques. Discordant results were observed in 18 of these patients (20%). Analysis of the TCR gamma locus in a separate group demonstrated discordant results in eight of 40 patients examined (20%). Clinical outcome could be available in 61 patients (median time: 42 months, range 1-68 m...Continue Reading

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