Further characterization of morphologically defined typical and atypical CLL: a clinical, immunophenotypic, cytogenetic and prognostic study on 390 cases

We analysed a group of 390 patients, diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Cases were subclassified as morphologically typical and atypical CLL according to the criteria of the FAB proposal. Typical CLL cases were mostly diagnosed at a low-risk stage (Binet A/Rai 0), required no immediate treatment and expected a long survival; atypical CLL cases mostly presented at a more advanced risk stage (Binet B/Rai I–II), usually required immediate treatment and their survival was shorter. Moreover, clinical staging was of prognostic significance in typical but not in atypical cases.   In typical CLL, del(11q) was the most common chromosomal abnormality (21%) whereas in atypical CLL trisomy 12 was found in about 65% of the cases documented with an abnormal karyotype. Although chromosomal abnormalities were associated with a poor survival in typical CLL, they are of no prognostic significance in atypical CLL.   Based on these data, we conclude that subtyping CLL by morphology enables the identification of two groups of cases, each characterized by a specific clinical presentation, different cytogenetic abnormalities and prognostic parameters. We speculate that these two groups may represent two related, but different, diseases with different prognostic parameters and a different survival.     

形态学分型困难的白血病24例免疫分型

目的: 应用流式细胞仪对24例临床形态学诊断困难的急慢性白血病进行快速、有效地免疫分型,以指导临床化疗. 方法: 采用单克隆抗体双色直接免疫荧光标记法及多参数流式细胞术(FCM),分型根据抗体积分系统,并与FAB分型进行比较. 结果: ① 9例临床诊断慢性淋巴细胞白血病经FCM免疫分型确诊为B淋巴细胞性白血病;② 5例临床诊断急性淋巴细胞白血病(L2)的患者经FCM免疫分型确诊1例为B淋巴细胞性白血病;2例为T淋巴细胞性白血病,且1例伴红系异常改变; 1例为未分化型白血病;1例为淋巴细胞白血病B,T双表达;③ 5例急性非淋巴细胞性白血病经FCM免疫分型确诊2例为髓系白血病;3例为红白血病(M6);④ 1例MDS伴骨髓纤维化经FCM免疫分型确诊为M6;⑤ 4例疑似粒-淋双表型白血病经FCM免疫分型确诊为粒-淋双表型白血病. 免疫分型与FAB分型的符合率为79.2%. 结论: 流式细胞仪多参数白血病免疫表型分析,可以弥补FAB分型的不足,为临床诊断提供重要依据,并为白血病治疗措施的个体化提供依据.     

Pathological variables determining the prognosis of non-Hodgkin''s lymphomas

The aim of the study was to assess the role of pathological grade, cell proliferation, ploidy, immunophenotype and site in determining the prognosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Of particular interest was the relative value of grades derived from the Kiel classification as opposed to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) working formulation. The study consisted of 181 cases, treated in a relatively uniform way over an 18-month period spanning 1986. Using life table analysis, both NCI working formulation grade and Kiel grade correlated strongly with survival. However, the differences between grades were entirely due to an excess of early deaths in the high-grade and intermediate-grade categories. In patients surviving greater than 0.1 years (37 days), phenotype, site, ploidy and cell proliferation had no effect on survival. There was no evidence that intermediate-grade tumours, when subdivided into Kiel low- and high-grade types, differed in survival from tumours graded as low- or high-grade by both methods. However, NCI working, formulation high-grade tumours, especially those with a high proliferation rate, formed a group with a very high likelihood of death within 0.1 years.     

Nasopharyngeal and nasal malignant lymphoma: a clinicopathological study of 54 cases

Forty-one cases of nasopharyngeal and 13 cases of nasal malignant lymphoma have been examined histologically and immunohistochemically. All of the cases were non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; one case was of follicular type and the remaining 53 were of diffuse type. Large cell lymphoma comprised 48% of cases and most of the immunoblastic lymphomas showing pleomorphism occurred in the nose. Twenty-seven cases were of T-cell and 21 of B-cell phenotype. The predominance of T-cell lymphoma was due to an increased incidence of these in the nose, the T:B ratio of 3.33:1 contrasting with a 1:1.05 ratio in the nasopharynx. Nasopharyngeal lymphomas seem to show an intermediate incidence between the T-cell predominance in the nose and a B-cell predominance in the oropharynx. Since the large cell type of lymphoma was predominant, the differential diagnosis from undifferentiated carcinoma is important and is facilitated by the use of immunostaining methods.     

慢淋、慢淋伴幼淋细胞增多及毛细胞白血病的临床、形态学和免疫学表型分析

目的：探讨慢性淋巴细胞白血病(CLL)、慢淋伴幼淋细胞增多症(CLL／PL)及毛细胞白血病(HCL)免疫表型特点。方法：应用单克隆抗体(McAb)对45例淋巴细胞白血病进行免疫表型检测，并观察其形态学特点。结果：45例患者中，B—CLL42例(包括5例B-CLL／PL)，T—CLL2例，B细胞型毛细胞白血病(B—HCL)1例。男性患者与女性患者之比为2．3：1，B—CLL与T—CLL之比为20：1。B—CLL患者显示有T-淋系抗原CD5^ ，T—CLL可分别表达CD4^ CD8^-及CD8^ CD4^-，1例B—HCL显示典型的B-淋系抗原阳性，同时免疫电镜淋巴细胞为毛状突起。结论：B—CLL CD5、CDl9、CD20、HLA-DR较特异；B—CLL／PL CD20、CD22、SmIg有一定参考价值；B—HCL除B淋系抗原可表达阳性外，CD25^ 、CD5^-最有诊断鉴别意义;T—CLL可呈现多样性T-淋系免疫标记。免疫表型分析有助于区别T、B—CLL、幼淋及HCL．     

Immunophenotyping of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Saudi Arabia: Second look

Geographical variations in the incidence of disease are of considerable theoretical and practical importance. It has been claimed that the distribution of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) phenotypes in Saudi Arabia is different from that recorded in the Western literature. One hundred and twelve (112) patients under 15 years of age, diagnosed as ALL between January 1992 and May 1994 had immunophenotypes performed on their blast cells. Common ALL (cALL) together with pre-B-ALL, formed 86.5% of the total; B-cell 3%, T-cell 6% and null cell 4.5%. These figures are not significantly different from the Western literature. A previous claim from this institution in 1990, that both null and B-cell ALL were significantly increased compared with elsewhere, is not supported by the present figures. Age and sex distribution, and FAB classification, L1 77%, L2 20% and L3 3%, were also of the same order as described elsewhere and, in particular, there was no increase in the frequency of L3 subtype.     

急性淋巴细胞性白血病的细胞遗传学研究

对40例中国人急性淋巴细胞白血病(急淋)进行了细胞遗传学的研究,发现正常核型为40%,染色体数量异常占42.5%,染色体结构异常为17.5%,特异染色体异常包括有t(9;22)(q34;q11),t(4;11)(q21;q23)和t(8;14)(q24;q32)及环状染色体等.分析了2例急淋患者初发和复发时核型的变化,显示复发时有附加异常。研究认为细胞形态学,免疫表型和细胞遗传学的联合分析(MIC)有助于急淋的诊断和分型。此外,细胞遗传学检查对于急淋白血病的预后具有重要意义。     

Identification of histiocytic reticulum cells by the immunohistochemical demonstration of factor XIII (F-XIIIa) in human lymph nodes

Morphologically and enzyme histochemically distinguishable tissue macrophages and stromal cells of human reactive lymph nodes were characterized by the cytoplasmic presence of the subunit A of factor XIII and by the expression of surface antigenic determinants reacting with monoclonal antibodies directed against monocyte/macrophage populations (Mo 1, Leu M3) and HLA-DR antigens. The distribution of F-XIIIa positive cells was studied on formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded sections with immunoperoxidase techniques. established on cryostat section with double immunofluorescence. Alpha-Naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) reaction was The immunophenotype was established on cryostat sections with double immunofluorescence. Alpha-Naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) reaction was carried out on these cryostat sections to identify tissue macrophages. The antibody against F-XIIIa detected histiocytes in both intra- and extra-sinusoidal locations which were ANAE+, Mo 1+, Leu M3+ and HLA-DR-. F-XIIIa was also present in fibroblast-like mesenchymal cells with the following phenotypic characteristics: ANAE-, Mo 1+, Leu M3+ and HLA-DR+. The anti F-XIIIa antibody did not stain lymphoid cells, granulocytes, epithelial cells, endothelial cells and mast cells. The immunohistochemical detection of F-XIIIa works on formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded sections. The most promising application seems to be the identification of histiocytes in lymphoid and histiocytic proliferations.     

Immunophenotypical comparison of Gaucher's and pseudo-Gaucher cells

An immunohistochemical study on bone marrow biopsies and spleens of patients with Gaucher's disease and chronic myeloid leukemia was performed to investigate the immunophenotype of Gaucher's cells and pseudo-Gaucher cells. A panel of antibodies was used which were reactive on paraffin-embedded tissues and directed against different hematopoietic lineage cells. Gaucher's cells and pseudo-Gaucher cells expressed a very similar immunophenotype and displayed an intense reaction for the monocytic antibodies tested, thus confirming their common origin and that they belong to the same system. The expression of HLA-DR antigens was much stronger in Gaucher's than in pseudo-Gaucher cells. This last finding, together with other serological data, suggests that Gaucher's cells could not behave simply as phagocytic cells but might play an active role in the chronic stimulation of the immune system that sometimes occurs in patients with Gaucher's disease.     

低氧对体外培养的肺血管周细胞免疫表型的影响

用细胞培养、免疫细胞化学染色、图像分析及流式细胞术观察低氧和猪肺动脉缺氧内皮细胞条件培养液(HECCM)对体外培养的新生大鼠肺血管周细胞 (PC)α- SM- actin、 CD34 、 S- 10 0和 PCNA的表达及细胞周期的影响。结果发现 ,低氧和 HECCM可促进 PC表达α- SM- actin和 PCNA,而抑制 CD34 和 S- 10 0的合成 ,促进 PC由静止期 (G0 /G1 期 )进入 DNA合成期 (S期 )及有丝分裂期 (G2 M期 )。提示 ,低氧不仅能促进 PC增殖 ,而且还可促进其向平滑肌样细胞转化。故 PC是慢性低氧性肺动脉高压时无肌型细动脉肌化的重要细胞来源。