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T-cell-rich B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma mimicking Hodgkin's disease
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.04.1999
Bättig B, Mueller-Garamvoelgyi E, Cogliatti S B, Schmid U, Kappeler A, Cerny Thomas, Laissue J A, Fey M F
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We report on a patient with recurrent T-cell-rich B-cell lymphoma (TCRBCL), initially misdiagnosed as a lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin's disease. This case exemplifies the diagnostic problems of TCRBCL and the need for immunophenotypic analysis to differentiate TCRBCL from Hodgkin's disease, nodular paragranuloma and peripheral T-cell lymphoma. A rather unusual aspect is the long disease-free interval between the excision of the node in and the late relapse in 1996. The significance of the abundant T-cell infiltration in this B-cell neoplasm will be discussed and the concepts concerning antitumor response will be reviewed. Based on epidemiological data and the clinical behaviour TCRBCL does not seem to represent a distinctive pathological entity.