Malignant lymphoma of plasmablastic identity. A neoplasm with both "immunoblastic" and plasma cellular features

Am J Med. 1978 May;64(5):906-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(78)90537-5.

Abstract

A solitary extramedullary lymphoid neoplasm had characteristics of plasma cell precursors or plasmablasts. Conventional microscopic study classified this tumor as a diffuse large cell lymphoma of "immunoblastic sarcoma" type. Immunologic cell surface markers could not be detected, but cytoplasmic immunoglobulin G (IgG)-kappa was demonstrated by immunoperoxidase technic, and IgG was present in the supernatant of the tumor tissue culture. The distinction between lymphoid and plasma cellular neoplasms is made.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunochemistry
  • Lymphoma / immunology
  • Lymphoma / pathology*