Table 5

Results of CD4 and CD8 staining in nodal peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCLs) and other lymphoid lesions

LesionnCD4+CD8+CD4+CD8−CD4−CD8+CD4−CD8−
AITL480/48 (0.0)*43/48 (89.6)2/48 (4.2)3/48 (6.2)
PTCL,NOS812/81 (2.5)55/81 (67.9)8/81 (9.9)16/81 (19.7)
ALCL,ALK−141/14 (7.1)4/14 (28.6)4/14 (28.6)5/14 (35.7)
ALCL,ALK+190/19 (0.0)3/19 (15.8)4/19 (21.1)12/19 (63.2)
NKTCL110/11 (0.0)0/11 (0.0)2/11 (18.2)9/11 (81.8)
T-LBL110/11 (0.0)1/11 (9.1)0/11 (0.0)10/11 (90.9)
  • * Number of positive cases/total number of cases (%).

  • AITL, angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma; ALCL, ALK−, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative; ALCL, ALK+, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-positive; NKTCL, NK/T cell lymphoma; PD-1, programmed death-1; PTCL,NOS, peripheral T cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified; T-LBL, T lymphoblastic lymphoma.