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CLL and Diffuse Histiocytic Lymphoma in One Patient: Clonal Proliferation of Two Different B Cells

1978; Wiley; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0609.1978.tb01551.x

0036-553X

Ted A.W. Splinter, A. Bom‐van Noorloos, P. van Heerde,

Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research

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.