PMID: 8971563Dec 1, 1996Paper

Rosette-forming non-Hodgkin's lymphomas

Histopathology
C H KooH Rappaport

Abstract

Homer Wright rosettes, typically found in neuroblastomas and consisting of neoplastic cells surrounding an eosinophilic fibrillary centre without a lumen, have been considered as an important finding in the differential diagnosis of small round cell tumours. Rosettes in a neoplasm involving lymph nodes or bone marrow traditionally excluded a diagnosis of malignant lymphoma. In this report, we describe three cases of malignant lymphoma (two small lymphocytic and one diffuse large cell) with pronounced rosette formation. One of the two cases of small lymphocytic lymphoma was observed in the bone marrow, the other small lymphocytic lymphoma and the large cell lymphoma were in lymph nodes. The rosettes consisted of neoplastic lymphoid cells, often with participation of reactive macrophages, and ultrastructurally they had a central mass of interdigitating fibrillary cytoplasmic projections. Two cases were of B-cell lineage and one was of T-cell lineage. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of T-cell lymphoma with rosettes. Based on these findings, it is suggested that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma be included in the differential diagnosis of rosette-forming round cell neoplasms.

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