Lymph node marginal zone B-cell lymphoma:A clinicopathological analysis / 临床与实验病理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose　To study the pathological characteristics, diagnostic criteria and differential diagnoses of the lymph node marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (LMZL), for the clinical treatment and prognosis. Methods　Histopathology and immunohistochemistry(ABC method) were used in ten cases of LMZL. Results　There were six male and four female. Lymphadenopathy was the main symptom in all of the cases, of which none had hepatosplenomegaly and abnormal lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. Two of them were marginal zone type, four nodular type, two diffuse type and two blastic type morphologically. Five of them were central cell like (CCL) type, six monocytic B-cell (MBC), two of them lymphoplasmacytic and two blastic histopathologically. Immunophenotyping was done in ten cases and supported the diagnosis. Conclusions　LMZL and MALT-type lymphoma have similar appearance, immunophenotype and cell origin. Based on the structural features, LMZL is a special entity.