Article
Small lymphocytic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of suppressor/cytotoxic T-cell phenotype [CD4(-), CD8(+)].
Human pathology - 1 Nov 1993
Dorfman D M, Longtine J A, Weinberg D S, Pinkus G S
Abstract excerpt
An unusual case of small lymphocytic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of suppressor/cytotoxic T-cell phenotype is described. The patient presented with significant involvement of the spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow, but without a leukemic phase. Most small lymphocytic lymphomas are of B-cell phenotype, and those of T-cell origin are overwhelmingly of T-helper/inducer phenotype. Furthermore, T-cell lymphoproliferative...
Topics
- CD4 Antigens
- CD4-CD8 Ratio
- CD8 Antigens
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic