PMID: 7541603Jul 1, 1995Paper

High grade malignant lymphoma with clinical characteristics and immunophenotype of natural killer cells

American Journal of Hematology
B SchleiffenbaumJ Fehr

Abstract

The malignant proliferation of natural killer (NK) cells which are morphologically characterized as large granular lymphocytes (LGL) is a well known clinical entity which was named after its morphological appearance as LGL-leukemia/lymphoma. Similar to non-malignant NK-cells, these tumors can be divided into those which express the CD3-T-cell receptor complex and those which do not. The CD3-positive type of LGL-leukemia is immunophenotypologically characterized by the expression of CD16, and variably CD 56 and CD 57, and generally follows a more indolent course. In contrast, malignant proliferations of CD3-negative LGL express either CD16 or CD 56, and only occasionally CD 57 on their cell surface. Clinically, CD3-negative NK-lymphomas tend to progress rapidly. We report here the case of a high grade malignant lymphoma which was characterized by an immunophenotype typical for CD3-negative NK-cells (CD2+, CD3-, CD16+, CD56(+), CD57-). The disease proved to be rapidly fatal despite aggressive chemotherapy. Interestingly, the patient suffered from a high turn over pancytopenia, which also characterizes NK-cell leukemias/lymphomas of the LGL-type. However, our patient's lymphatic cells appeared highly immature, and cytoplasmic gran...Continue Reading

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