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Peripheral T and NK Cell Tumors


Authors: J. Mačák
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav patologické anatomie Lékařské fakulty Univerzity Palackého, Olomouc
Published in: Čes.-slov. Patol., , 2000, No. 1, p. 9-14
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Overview

Peripheral T lymphomas are formed by cells with CD3 antigen which contain TCR alpha/beta.A minor part of the non-tumourous population contains TCR gamma/delta. The position is similarin T cell tumours. In the tumours however TCR may be lacking .NK ("natural killer") cells areCDR3 negative, rearrangement of the gene TCR does not occur and they are TCR alpha/beta andTCR gamma/delta negative. Contrary to T cells they contain antigen CD56 ("NK-associated anti-gen").In these cells and in tumours cytotoxic proteins are usually present: TIA-1, granzyme-B,perforin. There is a continuous transition between T and NK cells. The prognosis of T cell tu-mours cannot be assessed from the cell size. T/NK small cell lymphomas are highly aggressivetumours. The prognosis of patients is very bad. From the morphological aspect they can resemblevery much non-tumorous lymphocytes. Conversely, large cell T lymphomas of the skin which areCD30 positive take a very mild course and their prognosis is favourable. The author mentions alsosome more recent entities of extranodular T lymphomas : angiocentric NK/T lymphoma of thenose (and other regions), malignant T cell lymphoma in enteropathies, T cell lymphoma resem-bling subcutaneous panniculitis, hepatosplenic gamma/delta T lymphoma.These tumours are rarein this country and some, e.g. T/NK lymphoma of the nose, are found usually only in certainregions of the world. They may be however encountered also in Europe, in particular in immuno-suppressed subjects and patients after organ transplantation.

Key words:
T/NK lymphoma - extranodular T lymphoma - immunohistology

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