Peripheral T‐cell lymphomas: a clinicopathological and immunological study of 10 cases
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Histopathology
- Vol. 10 (3), 235-249
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2559.1986.tb02478.x
Abstract
Diagnosis and classification of T‐cell lymphomas is notoriously difficult. Existing classification schemes are insufficient. Some clinicopathologically well defined T‐cell lymphomas exist (mycosis fungoides, Sézary's syndrome, and T‐lymphoblastic lymphomas) but the remaining tumours, frequently called peripheral T‐cell lymphomas, are a heterogeneous group, clinically, morphologically and immunologically. The data on 10 peripheral T‐cell lymphomas are presented and compared to data from the literature. Patients were elderly, had a high frequency of extranodal localizations (notably the skin 75%) and had a poor prognosis: five of 10 patients have died, median survival 22 months. Morphologically and immunophenotypically the group is very heterogeneous. The variety of blast cell morphology is emphasized. No correlations were found between immunophenotype and prognosis, or immunophenotype and morphology.Keywords
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