T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia

T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia

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Name = T-cell-prolymphocytic leukemia
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ICDO = 9834/3


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T-cell-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) is a mature T-cell leukemia with aggressive behavior and predilection for blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, and skin involvement. Jaffe E.S., Harris N.L., Stein H., Vardiman J.W. (eds): [http://www.iarc.fr/WHO-BlueBooks/BBwebsite/bb3.html World Health Organization Classification of Tumors] . Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Haemopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. IARC Press: Lyon 2001] T-PLL is a rare leukemia, primarily affecting adults over the age of 30. It represents 2% of all small lymphocytic leukemias in adults.cite journal |author=Matutes E, Brito-Babapulle V, Swansbury J, "et al" |title=Clinical and laboratory features of 78 cases of T-prolymphocytic leukemia |journal=Blood |volume=78 |issue=12 |pages=3269–74 |year=1991 |pmid=1742486 |doi=] Other names include: T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, "Knobby" type of T-cell leukemia, T-prolymphocytic leukemia/T-cell lymphocytic leukemia

Clinical features

Due to the systemic nature of this disease, leukemic cells can be found in peripheral blood, lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen, liver, skin.

Etiology

It is postulated that the originating cell line for this disease is a mature (post-thymic) T-cell.

Clinical presentation

Patients typically have systemic disease at presentation, including hepatosplenomegaly, generalized lymphadenopathy, and skin infiltrates.

Laboratory findings

A high lymphocyte count (> 100 x 109/L)along with anemia and thrombocytopenia are common findings. HTLV-1 serologies are negative, and serum immunoglobins are within normal limits with no paraproteins present.

Morphology

In the peripheral blood, T-PLL consists of medium-sized lymphocytes with single nucleoli and basophilic cytoplasm with occasional blebs or projections. The nuclei are usually round to oval in shape, with occasional patients having cells with a more irregular nuclear outline that is similar to the cerebriform nuclear shape seen in Sézary syndrome.cite journal |author=Matutes E, Garcia Talavera J, O'Brien M, Catovsky D |title=The morphological spectrum of T-prolymphocytic leukaemia |journal=Br. J. Haematol. |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=111–24 |year=1986 |pmid=3489482 |doi=] A small cell variant comprises 20% of all T-PLL cases, and the Sézary cell-like (cerebriform) variant is seen in 5% of cases.

Marrow involvement is typically diffuse with morphology similar to what is observed in peripheral blood. In the spleen, the leukemic cell infiltrate both the red pulp and white pulp, and lymph node involvement is typically diffuse through the paracortex.. Skin infiltrates are seen in 20% of patients, and the infiltrates are usually dense and confined to the dermis and around the skin appendages.

Molecular findings

Immunophenotype

T-PLL has the immunophenotype of a mature (post-thymic) T-lymphocyte, and the neoplastic cells are typically positive for pan-T antigens CD2, CD3, and CD7 and negative for TdT and CD1a. The immunophenotype CD4+/CD8- is present in 60% of cases, the CD4+/CD8+ immunophenotype is present in 25%, and the CD4-/CD8+ immunophenotype is present in 15% of cases.

Genetic findings

Clonal TCR gene rearrangements for the γ and δ chains are typically found. The most frequent chromosomal abnormality is the inversion of chromosome 14, specifically inv 14(q11;q32). This is found in 80% of cases, while 10% of cases show a reciprocal translocation of chromosome 14 (t(14;14)(q11;q32)). cite journal |author=Brito-Babapulle V, Catovsky D |title=Inversions and tandem translocations involving chromosome 14q11 and 14q32 in T-prolymphocytic leukemia and T-cell leukemias in patients with ataxia telangiectasia |journal=Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |year=1991 |pmid=1913594 |doi=]

cite journal |author=Maljaei SH, Brito-Babapulle V, Hiorns LR, Catovsky D |title=Abnormalities of chromosomes 8, 11, 14, and X in T-prolymphocytic leukemia studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization |journal=Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. |volume=103 |issue=2 |pages=110–6 |year=1998 |pmid=9614908 |doi=] Also, abnormalities of chromosome 8 are seen approximately 75% of patients, including idic (8p11), t(8;8)(p11-12;q12), and trisomy 8.cite journal |author=Sorour A, Brito-Babapulle V, Smedley D, Yuille M, Catovsky D |title=Unusual breakpoint distribution of 8p abnormalities in T-prolymphocytic leukemia: a study with YACS mapping to 8p11-p12 |journal=Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. |volume=121 |issue=2 |pages=128–32 |year=2000 |pmid=11063795 |doi=]

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