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Michael Link

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  • Cutaneous lymphoblastic lymphoma with pre-B markers.

    Link MP, Roper M, Dorfman RF, Crist WM, Cooper MD, Levy R. Blood. 1983; 61 (5): 838-41

    Two children with cutaneous convoluted lymphoblastic lymphoma are reported. Malignant cells from both patients contained cytoplasmic Mu heavy chains characteristic of pre-B-cells and expressed CALLA and la antigens as well. Most cases of convoluted lymphoblastic lymphoma are T-cell-derived neoplasms. The non-T, non-B phenotype found in these two children demonstrates that histology does not necessarily predict immunophenotype. The association of the pre-B phenotype with cutaneous lymphoma has not been previously reported, but may represent a unique clinical-histopathologic-immunologic entity that occurs in young children.

    PubMedID: 6600948

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