| Literature DB >> 343228 |
T A Splinter, B V Noorloos, P Van Heerde.
Abstract
A case report is presented of a 77-year-old woman suffering from a composite lymphoma, known as Richter's Syndrome, consisting of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and diffuse histiocytic lymphoma. Light-microscopic investigation revealed the presence of CLL cells in the blood and bone marrow and a combination of CLL cells and large immunoblastic cells in the lymph node. Immunological investigation showed that both malignant cell types were B cells. The CLL cells carried a monoclonal surface immunoglobulin (S-Ig) micron lambda, and the immunoblastic cells had a monoclonal S-Ig micron K. These findings indicated that both clonal lymphoproliferative diseases were probably derived from different tumour stem cells.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID： 343228 DOI： 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1978.tb01551.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Haematol ISSN： 0036-553X