Our data, together with from those from the literature, confirmed the cutoff value of 2% to define the mutational status of IGHV gene and suggest that FCR/BR are good first-line treatment strategies for M-IGHV patients, whereas U-IGHV patients should be managed with B-cell receptor and/or B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL2) inhibitors.
ENKTCL with both CD20-positive expression and the monoclonal rearrangement of IgH gene may be mistaken for B-cell lymphoma; thus, the comprehensive evaluation of histomorphology, more extensive immunoprofiles and molecular studies is essential to reach the correct diagnosis.
Improved clonality detection in B-cell lymphoma using a semi-nested modification of the BIOMED-2 PCR assay for IGH rearrangement: A paraffin-embedded tissue study.
The biological significance of BAFF signalling in t(11;18)(q21;q21)-negative lymphoma cells was further studied in two types of lymphoma B cell: OCI-Ly3 [non-germinal centre B-cell origin DLBCL without t(11;18)(q21;q21) cell line] and MA-1 [t(14;18)(q32;q21)/IGH-MALT1-positive DLBCL cell line].
Large B-cell lymphomas with IGH@BCL2 and MYC rearrangement, known as double-hit lymphoma (DHL), are clinically aggressive neoplasms with a poor prognosis.
Both cases of FL were positive for CD10 and B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2), and immunoglobulin heavy locus (IgH)/B-cell lymphoma 2 rearrangement was observed by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
This study was performed on samples from 70 patients with B-NHL, including two cases of follicular lymphoma (FL), 20 cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), one case of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and 47 cases of B-cell neoplasm (non-classified), which had been previously assessed for complete IGH clonality, and failure to clarify gene rearrangements.
Our data indicate that the CBFA2T3/ACSF3 locus is a novel recurrent oncogenic target of IGH translocations, which might contribute to the pathogenesis of pediatric GC-derived B-cell lymphoma.
We performed an immunogenetic analysis of 345 IGHV-IGHD-IGHJ rearrangements from 337 cases with primary splenic small B-cell lymphomas of marginal-zone origin.
B-cell lymphomas with MYC/8q24 rearrangements and IGH@BCL2/t(14;18)(q32;q21): an aggressive disease with heterogeneous histology, germinal center B-cell immunophenotype and poor outcome.
B-cell lymphomas with concurrent IGH-BCL2 and c-MYC rearrangements (so-called "double-hit lymphomas" [DHL]) are a relatively rare, recently described category in the 2008 World Health Organization classification of hematopoietic neoplasms.
In conclusion, the detection IgH gene rearrangement by HRM in the LightCycler System showed potential for distinguishing monoclonality from polyclonality in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The data suggest a common clonal origin of B-cell lymphoma and subsequent HS occurring in the same patient, indicating that 'transdifferentiation' occurs in other small B-cell lymphomas, in addition to the previously reported FL or B-cell lymphoma with IGH/BCL2.
B-cell lymphomas with concurrent IGH-BCL2 and MYC rearrangements are aggressive neoplasms with clinical and pathologic features distinct from Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
This was a retrospective evaluation of 98 consecutive BMTB specimens from 60 patients with a known B-cell neoplasm and a previous PCR marker of the disease (BCL2 and/or IGH).
A biopsy of a nasal mass that had morphologic and immunostaining features consistent with a B-cell lymphoma was studied for clonality using PCR of the IgH gene.
Primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma may exhibit both the t(14;18)(q32;q21)IGH/BCL2 and the t(14;18)(q32;q21)IGH/MALT1 translocation: an indicator for clonal transformation towards higher-grade B-cell lymphoma?
Analogous to B-cell lymphomas, in which the immunoglobulin (IgH) receptor loci are frequently targeted by chromosomal translocations, the T-cell receptor (TCR) gene loci are affected by translocations in a subset of precursor T-cell malignancies.
However, the molecular assessment of paraffin-embedded tissues revealed the monoclonal IgH gene rearrangement, which allowed the confident diagnosis of B cell lymphoma.
For this reason, we report a splenic-based CD5(-), CD10(-), CD43(-), CD23(-), CD103(-), FMC7(+), CD25(+) small B-cell lymphoma associated with epithelioid histiocyte clusters and a t(14;19)(q32;q13) representing an IGH/BCL3 translocation based on classical cytogenetic studies, chromosomal painting, and fluorescence in situ hybridization studies.
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based analysis, employed for detecting immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene rearrangements, has become a diagnostic tool widely used in the investigation of B-cell lymphomas, but the overall sensitivity of these methods does not exceed 80%, notably in germinal center (GC) and post-GC B-cell origin lymphomas.