PMID: 11309693Apr 20, 2001Paper

Flow cytometric analysis of lymphomas and lymphoproliferative disorders

Seminars in Hematology
Maryalice Stetler-Stevenson, Raul C Braylan

Abstract

Flow cytometry has become an important tool in the diagnosis and characterization of hematologic and lymphoid neoplasia. This technology serves as an excellent complement to microscope-based traditional diagnostic methods and adds distinctive capabilities that are unmatched by any other diagnostic methods. Flow cytometry is ideal for fluids where cells are naturally suspended but is also useful in lymphoid tissues, from which single-cell suspensions can be easily obtained. The advantages of flow cytometry are largely based on its ability to analyze very rapidly, even in small samples, multiple cell properties simultaneously, including size, granularity, surface and intracellular antigens, and DNA content. The quantitative nature of the data produced, both with regard to cell population distributions and to expression of individual cell antigens, offers objective criteria for interpretation of results. Examples of applications include the detection of clonal cells in B-cell lymphoma, the recognition of antigenic expression anomalies in B- or T-cell malignancies, the identification of malignant plasma cells, and the rapid measurement of cell cycle fractions. The unique attributes of flow cytometry allow for increased sensitivity ...Continue Reading

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