ALK activation by the CLTC-ALK fusion is a recurrent event in large B-cell lymphoma
ALK activation by the CLTC-ALK fusion is a recurrent event in large B-cell lymphoma
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2003-04-1050
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发表时间:
2003-10-01
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Wlodarska, I
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作者:
De Paepe, P;Baens, M;Wlodarska, I
We present 3 cases of large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) with a granular cytoplasmic staining for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK). All of the cases showed striking similarities in morphology and immunohistochemical profile characterized by a massive monomorphic proliferation of CD20(-)/CD138(+) plasmablast-like cells. In one of the cases, initially diagnosed as a null-type anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), the B-cell phenotype became evident only at recurrence. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and molecular studies led to the detection of a CLTC-ALK rearrangement in all 3 cases, without any evidence of full-length ALK receptor expression. The associated t(2;17)(p23;q23) was demonstrated in the karyotype of 2 cases. Although a similar CLTC-ALK aberration was previously identified in ALK-positive T-/null cell ALCL and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, its association with ALK-positive LBCL seems to be specific and intriguing. (C) 2003 by The American Society of Hematology.