{"title":"Computed tomography findings of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease subtypes.","authors":"Toshihiro Iguchi, Asami Nishikori, Yasuharu Sato, Midori Filiz Nishimura, Noriko Iwaki, Katsuhide Kojima, Takashi Asahara, Fumio Otsuka, Yoshinobu Maeda, Takao Hiraki","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.24053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3960/jslrt.24053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study retrospectively evaluated the computed tomography (CT) findings of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) at a single center and compared the CT findings of iMCD-TAFRO with those of iMCD-non-TAFRO. CT images obtained within 30 days before diagnostic confirmation were reviewed for 20 patients with iMCD (8 men and 12 women, mean age 52.8 ± 12.3 years, range 25-74 years). Twelve patients were diagnosed with iMCD-TAFRO, five with iMCD-idiopathic plasmacytic lymphadenopathy, and three with iMCD-not otherwise specified. CT images revealed anasarca and lymphadenopathy in all 20 patients. The iMCD-TAFRO group showed significantly higher frequencies of ascites (100% vs. 37.5%, P = 0.004), gallbladder wall edema (75.0% vs. 12.5%, P = 0.020), periportal collar (91.7% vs. 25.0%, P = 0.004), and anterior mediastinal lesions (non-mass-forming infiltrative lesions) (66.7% vs. 12.5%, P = 0.028). Para-aortic edema tended to be more frequent in patients with the iMCD-TAFRO group (83.3% vs. 37.5%, P = 0.062), while the absence of anterior mediastinal lesions tended to be more frequent in the iMCD-non-TAFRO group (16.7% vs. 62.5%, P = 0.062). These CT findings may have clinical implications for improving the accuracy and speed of iMCD diagnosis and differentiating iMCD-TAFRO from other subtypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":"64 4","pages":"292-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highlights: Myeloid cells in lymphoid malignancies.","authors":"Yoshihiro Komohara","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.24076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3960/jslrt.24076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":"64 4","pages":"273-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein 3 is highly expressed in primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the CNS.","authors":"Kentaro Odani, Masakazu Fujimoto, Hirotake Fujii, Manduwa Saka, Kai Mizoguchi, Masahiro Hirata, Takaki Sakurai, Yasuhide Takeuchi, Sachiko Minamiguchi, Yoshiki Arakawa, Hironori Haga","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.24025","DOIUrl":"10.3960/jslrt.24025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system (CNS-DLBCL) can be difficult to diagnose because of the limited amount of biopsy tissue. Here, we analyzed the utility of insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein 3 (IMP3) immunohistochemistry (IHC) as an adjunctive diagnostic tool for CNS-DLBCL. IHC was performed on 57 biopsy samples (55 brain biopsy samples and two vitreous cell blocks) from 54 patients with CNS-DLBCL, including three biopsy samples initially diagnosed as negative or indeterminate for CNS-DLBCL. Additionally, IMP3 IHC was performed on 68 DLBCLs other than CNS-DLBCL and 12 inflammatory brain diseases. Cytoplasmic IMP3 expression was noted in ≥50% of tumor cells in 100% (57/57) of CNS-DLBCLs and 88.2% (60/68) of non-CNS-DLBCLs. In contrast, no IMP3-positive CD20-positive B cells were observed in the inflammatory brain disease (P < 0.0001). In conclusion, IMP3 is highly expressed in CNS-DLBCL. However, it is also expressed in other types of DLBCLs, making it less specific. Most CNS-DLBCL cases can be diagnosed without performing IHC for IMP3 expression, but it may be a useful adjunctive tool to differentiate from reactive lesions when tumor cells are few or deformed.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":"64 3","pages":"203-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11528255/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142356095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katsuyoshi Takata, Tomoko Miyata-Takata, Yasuharu Sato
{"title":"Frequent CDKN2B/P15 and DAPK1 methylation in duodenal follicular lymphoma is related to duodenal reactive lymphoid hyperplasia.","authors":"Katsuyoshi Takata, Tomoko Miyata-Takata, Yasuharu Sato","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.24020","DOIUrl":"10.3960/jslrt.24020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Duodenal type follicular lymphoma (DFL), a rare entity of follicular lymphoma (FL), is clinically indolent and is characterized by a low histological grade compared with nodal follicular lymphoma (NFL). Our previous reports revealed that DFL shares characteristics of both NFL and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma in terms of clinical and biological aspects, suggesting its pathogenesis may involve antigenic stimulation. In contrast to NFL, the genomic methylation status of DFL is still challenging. Here, we determined the methylation profiles of DNAs from patients with DFL (n = 12), NFL (n = 10), duodenal reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (D-RLH) (n = 7), nodal reactive lymphoid hyperplasia (N-RLH) (n = 5), and duodenal samples from normal subjects (NDU) (n = 5) using methylation specific PCR of targets previously identified in MALT lymphoma (CDKN2B/P15, CDKN2A/P16, CDKN2C/P18, MGMT, hMLH-1, TP73, DAPK, HCAD). DAPK1 was frequently methylated in DFL (9/12; 75%), NFL (9/10; 90%), and D-RLH (5/7; 71%). CDKN2B/P15 sequences were methylated in six DFL samples and in only one NFL sample. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that p15 expression inversely correlated with methylation status. Genes encoding other cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKN2A/P16, CDKN2C/P18) were not methylated in DFL samples. Methylation of the genes of interest was not detected in DNAs from D-RLH, except for DAPK1, and the difference in the extent of methylation between NDU and D-RLH was statistically significant (P = 0.013). Our results suggest that D-RLH serves as a reservoir for the development of DFL and that methylation of CDKN2B/P15 plays an important role in this process.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":"64 2","pages":"129-137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11303960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141459804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katsuyoshi Takata, Tomoko Miyata-Takata, Asami Nishikori, Tomoka Haratake, Yasuharu Sato
{"title":"T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement analysis of classic Hodgkin lymphoma using a BIOMED-2 assay: a paraffin-embedded tissue analysis of one hundred cases.","authors":"Katsuyoshi Takata, Tomoko Miyata-Takata, Asami Nishikori, Tomoka Haratake, Yasuharu Sato","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.24027","DOIUrl":"10.3960/jslrt.24027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the new WHO classifications of haematolymphoid tumours (WHO-HAEM5), classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is categorized into B-cell lymphoid proliferations and lymphomas. Although the majority of Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells are of germinal center B-cell origin with some defects of B-cell transcription factors, they rarely express T-cell antigens or cytotoxic molecules. Clonality analyses on cHL samples using BIOMED-2 have been reported by several groups; however, those studies were only focused on Ig regions, including IgH, Ig-kappa, and Ig-lambda, and TCR-γ clonality analysis of cHL has not yet been explored. Here, we investigated TCR-γ gene rearrangement for one hundred cases using a PCR-based method. Four of one hundred (4%) cases showed TCR-γ clonal peaks. Of these, three were at an advanced stage and one patient died of the disease. To clarify whether HRS cells showed T-cell clonality or not, we performed PCR analysis using DNAs of microdissected HRS cells. Three samples showed identical clonal peaks with bulk specimens. Our results indicate that cHL is a heterogeneous disease of mainly B-cell and rarely T-cell origin with a special phenotype. Further molecular studies are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":"64 2","pages":"138-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11303964/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141459806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Early failure is still a poor prognostic factor in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma in the era of CAR T-cell therapy.","authors":"Yu Yagi, Yusuke Kanemasa, Yuki Sasaki, Sotaro Goto, Yasuhiko Yamamura, Yusuke Masuda, Kumiko Fujita, Kento Ishimine, Yudai Hayashi, Mano Mino, An Ohigashi, Yuka Morita, Taichi Tamura, Shohei Nakamura, Toshihiro Okuya, Shinichiro Matsuda, Takuya Shimizuguchi, Naoki Shingai, Takashi Toya, Hiroaki Shimizu, Yuho Najima, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kyoko Haraguchi, Noriko Doki, Yoshiki Okuyama, Tatsu Shimoyama","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.24009","DOIUrl":"10.3960/jslrt.24009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients with refractory or relapsed (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) refractory to first-line chemotherapy or with early relapse have poor outcomes. While chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has impressive efficacy after two or more lines of chemotherapy, it's still uncertain if these outcomes remain consistent in the context of third-line CAR T-cell therapy. We conducted a retrospective study of 107 R/R LBCL patients. Patients with relapse 12 months or more after their first-line chemoimmunotherapy (late failure: n = 25) had significantly longer overall survival (OS) than patients with refractory disease or relapse within 12 months (early failure: n = 82) (median OS: not achieved vs. 18.4 months; P < 0.001). Among patients who proceeded to autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (auto-HSCT), those with late failure had significantly longer event-free survival (EFS) than those with early failure (median EFS: 26.9 vs. 3.1 months; P = 0.012). However, no significant difference in EFS was detected among patients who underwent CAR T-cell therapy (median EFS: not reached vs. 11.8; P = 0.091). Cox regression with restricted cubic spline demonstrated that timing of relapse had significant impact on EFS in patients with auto-HSCT but not in patients with CAR T-cell therapy. Of patients who were scheduled for CAR T-cell therapy, those with late failure were significantly more likely to receive CAR T-cell therapy than those with early failure (90% vs. 57%; P = 0.008). In conclusion, patients with early failure still experienced poor outcomes after the approval of third-line CAR T-cell therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":"64 2","pages":"107-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11303961/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141459903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RUNX1 rearrangement in mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with non-L3 morphology.","authors":"Katsuya Yamamoto, Akihito Kitao, Marika Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanehira, Miki Joyce, Yuri Hirakawa, Sakuya Matsumoto, Kimikazu Yakushijin, Hironobu Minami","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.23028","DOIUrl":"10.3960/jslrt.23028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is defined by the expression of light chain-restricted surface immunoglobulin (sIg) and usually has features of the leukemic phase of Burkitt lymphoma including FAB-L3 morphology and MYC rearrangement. Recently, another distinct entity in childhood mature B-cell ALL has been characterized as non-L3 morphology and KMT2A rearrangement. Here we report an unusual case of mature B-cell ALL that presented with RUNX1 rearrangement. A 65-year-old male was admitted to our department for thorough examination of leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia. The patient's bone marrow was hypercellular and infiltrated with 97.8% myeloperoxidase-negative, medium-to-large-sized blasts without cytoplasmic vacuoles. Immunophenotypes were characterized by the presence of light chain-restricted sIg and the lack of immature markers, indicating a diagnosis of mature B-cell ALL with L2 morphology: sIg-κ+, CD19+, CD20+, CD22+, CD79a+, TdT-, and CD34-. G-banding combined with spectral karyotyping showed the following complex karyotype: 45,X,der(Y;10)(p10;q10),del(13)(q?),inv(21)(p13q22.1). Fluorescence in situ hybridization revealed separated signals of RUNX1 at 21q22.1, whereas rearrangements of MYC and KMT2A were not found. To our knowledge, inv(21)(p13q22.1) involving RUNX1 is a novel cytogenetic aberration and this is the first case of mature B-cell ALL that presented with RUNX1 rearrangement. Thus, RUNX1 may be implicated in the pathogenesis of mature B-cell ALL showing non-L3 morphology without MYC rearrangement.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":" ","pages":"240-245"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10861373/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71414656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of classic Hodgkin lymphoma arising after remission of methotrexate-associated follicular lymphoma.","authors":"Yayoi Ueda, Takehiro Tanaka, Shoji Asakura, Tomofumi Yano","doi":"10.3960/jslrt.23016","DOIUrl":"10.3960/jslrt.23016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Here we describe our experience with a rare case of methotrexate (MTX)-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) initially diagnosed as follicular lymphoma (FL) and then in relapse as classic Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL). A 66-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with fever and abdominal and lower back pain after a transient remission of MTX-associated FL (MTX-FL) following MTX withdrawal. Computed tomography (CT) showed para-aortic lymphadenopathy, which was compatible with one of the previous FL lesions. We considered a relapse of FL and started bendamustine and rituximab. Although his initial symptoms and para-aortic lymphadenopathy regressed after the first course, he began to have dorsal pain, and multiple osteolytic lesions were detected on CT. We biopsied a Th4 vertebra osteolytic lesion, and the results indicated MTX-associated CHL (MTX-CHL). We successfully treated advanced MTX-CHL with brentuximab vedotin, doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (A+AVD). This case suggests the importance of repeat biopsy of a new lesion arising after resolution of previously affected sites in MTX-LPD and the effectiveness of A+AVD in treating advanced MTX-CHL.</p>","PeriodicalId":45936,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology","volume":" ","pages":"177-180"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10628826/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9899815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}