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Twelve biopsied ocular adnexal benign lymphoid hyperplasias (OABLH) satisfying benign histological criteria were investigated for clonal immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy-chain gene rearrangement by means of a two-step polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method using formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue. Of the 12, 4 (33%) demonstrated clear single bands of the rearranged gene for the Ig heavy-chain, of between 100 and 150 base pairs. The selected cases were all free of malignant lymphoma and all of the lesions were small (2×2−22×6 mm; median 4.5×3 mm). Histopathological and cytological features were not essentially different between monoclonal and non-monoclonal examples. Immunohistochemistry was of little benefit in separating the two. It is concluded that OABLH demonstrating a benign clinical course frequently contain monoclonal B cell populations suggesting a continuous progressive spectrum of lesions in B cell neoplasia. In addition, the significance of molecular-genetic analysis for OABLH and the utility of the two-step PCR method should be emphasized.
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Abbreviations
- OABLH:
-
ocular adnexal benign lymphoid hyperplasia
- PCR:
-
polymerase chain reaction
- bp:
-
base paris
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Takano, Y., Okudaira, M. Molecular-genetic analysis of ocular adnexal benign lymphoid hyperplasias by a two-step polymerase-chain-reaction. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 118, 581–586 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01211800
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