RESUMO
Multiple immune impairments in Non-Hodgkin patients are associated with their clinical development. The aim of this study was to describe the composition of peripheral T cell subpopulations before treatment in patients who died from infection or serious radiogenic complication together with tumoral activity. During a follow-up period of 8.18 years as an average; 5 cases affected by any of these complications which were not controlled by the treated were recorded. Lymphocytopenia CD3+ was the only common datum observed in the analysis covering variables of recognized prognostic death value. It was concluded that the low CD3+ count is a comorbid prognostic factor in Non-Hodgkin lymphoma that should not be ignored because of its fatal consequences