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Divergent evolution of metachronous follicular lymphoma and extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue from a common precursor.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Sept 2023
Tzioni Maria-Myrsini, Wotherspoon Andrew, Chen Zi, Cucco Francesco, Makker Jasmine, Du Ming-Qing
Abstract excerpt
The translocation t(14;18)(q32:q21)/IGH::BCL2 occurs at the pre-B stage of B-cell development in the bone marrow and is insufficient for malignant transformation, although it leads to the formation of in situ follicular B-cell neoplasia (ISFN). Despite that, the translocation is the genetic hallmark of follicular lymphoma (FL), it occurs infrequently in metachronous/synchronous lymphomas, including extranodal...
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