Plasmacytoid T-cells in a reactive lymph node. Detection by flow cytometry?

Am J Clin Pathol. 1990 Apr;93(4):569-71. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/93.4.569.

Abstract

Plasmacytoid T-cells (PTCs) are a histologically recognized component of some reactive nodes. To the best of the authors' knowledge, plasmacytoid T-cells have never been recognized as a distinct cell population in a reactive lymph node using cell suspension flow cytometric studies. The authors here report a case of reactive lymph node hyperplasia in which prominent aggregates of PTCs were present and a distinct cell population with an immunophenotype characteristic of PTCs was identified by flow cytometry. Aside from the recognition of PTCs, this observation is important so that cell suspensions showing a distinct population of PTCs with an "aberrant" T-cell phenotype are not misinterpreted as providing evidence for a T-cell neoplasm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / immunology*
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Phenotype
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / pathology