Follicular large cell lymphoma with immunoblastic features in a child with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: an unusual immunodeficiency-related neoplasm not associated with Epstein-Barr virus

Am J Clin Pathol. 1998 Jul;110(1):95-9. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/110.1.95.

Abstract

Patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a severe inherited immunodeficiency disorder, have a markedly increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma compared with the general population. These are uniformly diffuse aggressive B-cell neoplasms that resemble those seen in AIDS and the posttransplantation setting and also may be associated with Epstein-Barr virus. We report what to our knowledge is the first case of follicular lymphoma in a 14-year-old child with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. The neoplasm was composed predominantly of large cells with immunoblastic features, and it possessed light chain-restricted surface immunoglobulin, clonal immunoglobulin gene rearrangements, and a t(14;18). The tumor lacked Epstein-Barr virus sequences by in situ hybridization and Southern blot terminal repeat analysis. Interestingly, however, the tumor contained c-myc gene rearrangement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blotting, Southern
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Genes, Immunoglobulin
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunophenotyping
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Infant
  • Karyotyping
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / complications*
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / genetics
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic / complications*
  • Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic / genetics
  • Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Immunoblastic / pathology
  • Male
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / genetics
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome / complications*

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc