Clinicopathologic Analysis of Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma, Follicular Variant, and Comparison With Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma.

We examined clinicopathologic findings in 17 cases of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, follicular variant (f-PTCL), and compared these findings with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) to determine whether they were identical to the spectrum of changes seen in AITL and how each of the findings in f-PTCL were related to the characteristics of AITL. Almost all f-PTCL cases showed pathologic characteristics of AITL and immunohistochemical positivities in lymphoma cells for CD4, CD10, Bcl-6, PD-1, and CXCL13. Except for pathologic characteristics, clinicopathologic findings in f-PTCL had few significant differences from AITL. The positive rate for Bcl-6 expression in neoplastic cells was significantly associated with the frequency of polymorphic infiltrates, vascular proliferation, B-immunoblasts, clear cells, Epstein-Barr virus-- positive lymphocytes, hepatosplenomegaly, and skin rash. Our study confirmed the continuity between f-PTCL and AITL. Moreover, Bcl-6 expression in f-PTCL was statistically associated with the characteristics of AITL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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