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CHAPTER 22  ■  Lymphoid and Plasma Cell Neoplasms                                  425







































                                                                                                                               FIGURE  22.8  Séz  ry cells.   wo circul  ting neopl  stic   -helper

                                                                                                                               cells with irregul  r nuclei   n      thin ri   o  cytopl  s     re seen.
                                                                                                                               (Reprinte    ro   Rubin E, F  rber JL. Pathology, 3r   e  , Phil    elphi  ,
                   FIGURE 22.7  Mycosis  ungoi  es with  oc  l interstiti  l inf ltr  tion                                     PA: Lippincott Willi    s & Wilkins, 1999, with per  ission.)

                   by s    ll ly  phocytes. (Reprinte    ro   C  gle P  . Color Atlas and

                     ext o  Pulmonary Pathology, Phil    elphi  , PA: Lippincott Willi    s

                   & Wilkins, 2005, with per  ission.)                                                                         T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocytic
                                                                                                                               Leukemia (LGL)



                                                                                                                                 -cell LGL h  s    present  tion th  t is si  il  r to CLL but is
                   Epidem iology
                                                                                                                               co  pose   o      ture    cells. It is i  port  nt to   istinguish

                   Te   nnu  l inci  ence o  C  CL in the Unite   St  tes is esti-                                              ro   re  ctive ly  phocytosis by the presence o    n   bnor    l

                       te     t 7.7 c  ses/  illion persons  ro   2001 to 2005.                                                phenotype or evi  ence o  clon  lity. In       ition, LGL   ust

                        A  ults between 40   n   60 ye  rs ol     re   ost  requently                                          be   istinguishe    ro   in  olent chronic ly  phoproli er  tion

                       icte   with skin lesions th  t progress to the tu  or st  ge.                                             isor  ers o  NK cells   n     ggressive NK-cell leuke  i  .




                   Clinical Signs and Sym ptom s                                                                               Laboratory Features


                   T e     jority o  MF p  tients present with e  rly-st  ge   ise  se                                         In LGL, p  tients exhibit   ne  i  , neutropeni  ,   n   thro  -

                   or li  ite   p  tches. E  ch st  ge o  MF is ch  r  cterize   by the                                        bocytopeni  . A con  ition o    ne  i   c  n be rel  te   to bone

                    egree  o   skin  involve  ent  by  p  tches  (  -st  ge).    -st  ges                                          rrow inf ltr  tion or    con  ition o    pl  si   o  re   bloo   cell

                   r  nge  ro     1 with involve  ent o  less th  n 10% o  bo  y sur-                                          (RBC)  precursors.  Con  itions  o   neutropeni      n    thro  -

                      ce;   2 is gre  ter th  n 10% o  bo  y involve  ent by p  tches                                          bocytopeni    c  n  be    ssoci  te    with  i    une    estruction,

                   or pl  ques. A  v  nce  -st  ge MF inclu  es p  tients with tu  ors                                         splenic sequestr  tion, or bone     rrow inf ltr  tion by     lig-

                   (  3)   n   erythro  er     (  4) with or without Séz  ry syn  ro  e                                        n  nt cells.

                    s well  s p  tients with bloo  , no   l, bone     rrow, or viscer l                                             T e peripher  l bloo   (Fig. 22.9)   e  onstr  tes      o  est

                    ise  se.                                                                                                   ly  phocytosis  with      ture,  clu  pe    nucle  r  chro    tin.
                                                                                                                               Neopl  stic cells o    -LGL   re    ly  phs CD2+, 3+, CD4-,


                   Laboratory Findings                                                                                         CD5+, CD7+, CD8+, CD16+, CD56 +/-, CD57 +/-,   n   usu-

                   Séz  ry syn  ro  e is   ef ne     s erythro  er     gre  ter th  n                                           lly CD56-   n   CD57+.

                   80%    n    leuke  ic  bloo    involve  ent  gre  ter  th  n  1,000

                   o   circul  ting    typic  l  ly  phocytes.  In  peripher  l  bloo  ,                                       Adult T-Cell Leukemia/ Lymphoma

                   the    ise  se  is  ch  r  cterize    by  the  presence  o     bnor-                                        A  ult    -cell  leuke  i  /ly  pho      (A  LL)  is      peripher  l

                      l   circul  ting  ly  phocytes,  Séz  ry  cells.  A  Séz  ry  cell                                         -cell  neopl  s    c  use    by  hu    n    -cell  ly  photropic

                   (Figs. 22.7   n   22.8) is typic  lly the size o     s    ll ly  pho-                                       virus-1 (H  LV-1). T ere   re  our subtypes o  the   ise  se:

                   cyte   n   h  s        rk-st  ining, clu  pe  , nucle  r chro    tin                                          cute, chronic, ly  pho    tous,   n   s  ol  ering.

                   p  ttern. T e   istinctive  ol  e  , groove-like chro    tin p  t-

                   tern is   escribe     s cerebri or  . M  ture    ly  phocytes in                                            Epidem iology

                   Séz  ry   ispl  y    phenotype with re  ctivity  or CD2, CD3,                                               A  LL  is    ost  prev  lent  in  southwestern  J  p  n,  centr  l

                   CD4,   n   CD5.                                                                                             A ric  ,   n   the C  ribbe  n b  sin.




                   Prognosis                                                                                                   Etiology


                   C  CLs, o  which   ycosis  ungoi  es   n   Séz  ry syn  ro  e                                               A  LL is c  use   by retrovirus spre     by c  rriers o  the virus.

                     re the   ost co    only encountere    or  s,   re currently not                                           Tere is    less th  n 5% ch  nce o  contr  cting A  LL. Te vir  lly

                   cur  ble in   ost p  tients. Skin-  irecte   ther  py is extre  ely                                         enco  e   protein,     x, represses cell cycle-  ctive proteins th  t

                   e  ective  or p  tients with e  rly, skin-li  ite     ise  se.                                              results in persistent clon  l proli er  tion o  in ecte   cells.
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