Southern blot (SB) analysis of Ig/TCR genes in cases with a clear histopathological diagnosis (n = 100)
Histopathological diagnosis | No. of samples | SB analysis of Ig/TCR genes | |
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*Cases are discussed in more detail in table 2 | |||
Ig, immunoglobulin; TCR, T cell receptor. | |||
Haematopoietic | |||
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLCL) | 18 | Clonal (Ig) | 17 |
Non-clonal | 1* | ||
Follicular lymphoma (FL) | 16 | Clonal (Ig) | 15 |
Non-clonal | 1* | ||
Lymphocytic lymphoma (LL) | 17 | Clonal (Ig) | 17 |
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) | 7 | Clonal (Ig) | 7 |
MALT lymphoma | 1 | Clonal (Ig) | 1 |
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) | 1 | Clonal (Ig) | 1 |
Plasmacytoma (PC) | 1 | Clonal (Ig) | 1 |
T cell lymphoma (T-NHL) | 1 | Clonal (TCR) | 1 |
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) | 3 | Clonal (TCR) | 1 |
Non-clonal | 2 | ||
Hodgkin's disease (HD) | 4 | Non-clonal | 4 |
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) | 2 | Clonal (Ig) | 1 |
Clonal (Ig+TCR) | 1 | ||
Non-haematopoietic | |||
Kaposi's sarcoma | 1 | Non-clonal | 1 |
Seminoma | 1 | Non-clonal | 1 |
Reactive lymphoproliferations | 27 | Non-clonal | 27 |