CLUB DE LINFOMAS Santander, 17-19 de Abril 2013 Mar Garcia Hospital del Mar CLINICAL DATA • 61 yo male, with axillary lymph node • Asymptomatic • Marked leukocytosis (48.290 lymphs) and cervical lymph nodes (2) – PB Immunophenotype: 32% B-lymphocytes, 30% of which with light chain restriction and CLL phenotype CD20 CD5 CD20 Cyclin D1 CD23 Ki67 CD20 Cyclin D1 CD23 Ki67 FISH studies • • • • • t(11;14)(q13:q32): translocated ATM (11q22.3-23.1): no loss of ATM CEP12: no trisomy Rb (13q14): no deletion of 13q14 region TP53: not done (no IHQ overexpression) CCND1 (11q13) IGH (14q32) IgH Rearrangements DNA total DNA CD23+ DNA CD23- FINAL DIAGNOSIS MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA, blastoid variant, AND SLL/CLL DISCUSSION • Composite lymphomas: occurrence of unrelated, morphologically and genetically distinct lymphomas in the same mass • Rare • B+B, T+T, B+T – CHL and non- hodgkin lymphoma – Both components are genetically identical • True composite lymphomas are more unusual • Previous chemotherapeutic agents or immunological defects as an explanation REFERENCES • • • • • • • • • Carbone A et al. Am J Hematol 2011 86(12):E66-70 Steinhoff M et al. J Clin Pathol 2006;59:1312-1315 Zettl A et al. Histopathology 2005;46:217-28 Steinhoff M et al. J Clin Pathol 2004;57:329-331 Küppers R et al. Molecular Medicine 2001 7(5):285-292 Marafioti T et al. J Clin Oncol 1999;17:3804-9 Brauninger A et al. N Engl J Med 1999;340:1239-47 Delabie J et al. Am J Surg Pathol 1996;20(3):355-62 Jaffe ES et al. Sem Diagn Pathol 1992;9:297-303 [email protected]