Triple-hit B-cell Lymphoma With MYC, BCL2, and BCL6 Translocations/Rearrangements

Autor: L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Ken H. Young, Wei Wang, Xinyan Lu, Shimin Hu
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Male
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Lymphoma
B-Cell

Time Factors
medicine.medical_treatment
Follicular lymphoma
Biology
Translocation
Genetic

Immunophenotyping
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
immune system diseases
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Internal medicine
Biomarkers
Tumor

medicine
Humans
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
B-cell lymphoma
In Situ Hybridization
Fluorescence

B cell
Aged
Cell Proliferation
Aged
80 and over

Gene Rearrangement
Chemotherapy
Remission Induction
Germinal center
Gene rearrangement
Middle Aged
Flow Cytometry
medicine.disease
BCL6
Immunohistochemistry
Lymphoma
DNA-Binding Proteins
Phenotype
Treatment Outcome
medicine.anatomical_structure
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
Female
Surgery
Immunotherapy
Neoplasm Grading
Anatomy
Stem Cell Transplantation
Zdroj: American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 39:1132-1139
ISSN: 0147-5185
Popis: Lymphomas with translocations/rearrangements of MYC, BCL2, and BCL6, so-called triple-hit B-cell lymphoma, are rare, and few studies on these tumors are available in the literature. We report 11 cases of triple-hit B-cell lymphoma and characterize their clinicopathologic findings. All patients were men, with a median age of 64 years (range, 45 to 80 y), and 4 patients had antecedent or concurrent follicular lymphoma. Using the 2008 World Health Organization classification, these cases were classified as: 5 B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, with features intermediate between diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and Burkitt lymphoma; 4 DLBCL; 1 DLBCL with concurrent follicular lymphoma; and 1 low-grade follicular lymphoma. All cases were positive for CD10, BCL2, and FOXP1. Ten of 11 cases were positive for CD20. MYC expression was high in 10/11 (91%), BCL6 was positive in 8/11 (73%), and MUM1/IRF4 was positive in 6/11 (55%) cases. T-cell antigens, TdT, and Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNA were negative in all cases. Ten of 11 cases showed a high proliferation index-70% to 100%, and the follicular lymphoma had a 30% proliferation rate. Using most algorithms, all cases belonged to germinal center B-cell-like group. All patients received standard or more aggressive immunochemotherapy regimens. Three patients had no response to chemotherapy; 4 patients showed a partial response; 2 patients had complete remission after chemotherapy; and 2 patients had just begun chemotherapy. Three patients underwent a stem cell transplant. The median follow-up time was 5.3 months. Five patients died, and 6 patients were alive at last follow-up. Two patients who underwent stem cell transplant after complete response to chemotherapy were in remission with 16 to 19 months of clinical follow-up. In summary, triple-hit lymphomas are clinically aggressive tumors associated with a poor prognosis. Patients often respond poorly to chemotherapy, but a subset may completely respond to chemotherapy followed by stem cell transplant.
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