S-100-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. A case report and review of the literature

Am J Clin Pathol. 1994 Oct;102(4):478-82. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/102.4.478.

Abstract

The authors describe a patient with a S-100-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder, characterized by clinically aggressive behavior, with leukemic dissemination and death within 1 year of the onset of symptoms. The neoplastic cells had abundant amphophilic cytoplasm, suggestive of plasmacytoid differentiation, but demonstrated a mature T-cell immunophenotype characteristic of the suppressor-cytotoxic subset. In addition, the cells expressed the S-100 protein within the cytoplasm. Genotypic studies were performed by Southern blot analysis, which demonstrated beta-chain T-cell receptor gene rearrangement, further confirming the T-cell nature of this disorder. This case had features very similar to those of the seven cases previously reported. It has been proposed that the S-100-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder is a distinctive clinicopathologic entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / genetics
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / immunology*
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / pathology
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • S100 Proteins / analysis*

Substances

  • S100 Proteins