TY - JOUR
T1 - Clonal characteristics of cutaneous T cell lymphomas
T2 - Cytogenetic evidence from blood, lymph nodes, and skin
AU - Nowell, P. C.
AU - Finan, J. B.
AU - Vonderheid, E. C.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Chromosome studies were done on mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes from one or more tissues (blood, lymph nodes, skin lesions) in 15 patients with mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome. A cytogenetically abnormal clone was found in 10 individuals, including 6 with data from several tissues. In 4 cases the same aberrant clone was identified in a skin lesion as well as in blood and/or lymph node. The abnormal chromosome patterns ranged from hypodiploid to hypertetraploid, and there was no evidence of unrelated karyotypically-altered lines at different sites. A 6q- chromosome, previously reported in acute lymphocytic leukemia, was found in 2 patients. The results support the concept that cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCL) are clonal disorders, presumably unifocal in origin, with the skin lesions populated by cells from the same neoplastic clone that involves lymph nodes and blood.
AB - Chromosome studies were done on mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes from one or more tissues (blood, lymph nodes, skin lesions) in 15 patients with mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome. A cytogenetically abnormal clone was found in 10 individuals, including 6 with data from several tissues. In 4 cases the same aberrant clone was identified in a skin lesion as well as in blood and/or lymph node. The abnormal chromosome patterns ranged from hypodiploid to hypertetraploid, and there was no evidence of unrelated karyotypically-altered lines at different sites. A 6q- chromosome, previously reported in acute lymphocytic leukemia, was found in 2 patients. The results support the concept that cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCL) are clonal disorders, presumably unifocal in origin, with the skin lesions populated by cells from the same neoplastic clone that involves lymph nodes and blood.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 6976392
AN - SCOPUS:0020043346
SN - 0022-202X
VL - 78
SP - 69
EP - 75
JO - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
JF - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
IS - 1
ER -