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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-10
pubmed:abstractText
Eosinophilia and tissue infiltration by eosinophils are frequent findings in Hodgkin lymphoma, but they are extremely rare in B-cell lymphoma. Reported herein is a case of follicular lymphoma with extensive lymph node infiltration by eosinophils. The patient was a 71-year-old woman who had a mass in the vicinity of the pancreas found on routine ultrasonography. Subsequent CT indicated several enlarged abdominal lymph nodes, although superficial lymph nodes were not palpable. Two swollen mesenteric lymph nodes were excised to determine the cause of the lymphadenopathy. Histology indicated extensive infiltration of numerous eosinophils to the interfollicular area, especially in the dilated sinuses. The lymphoid follicles were relatively small, had inconspicuous germinal centers, and were scattered between dilated sinuses. Based on the histology, immunohistochemistry, and chromosomal abnormality, a diagnosis of follicular lymphoma was made. Expression of interleukin-3 (IL-3), IL-5, eotaxin, eotaxin-2, and eotaxin-3 was investigated on reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of the lymph node tissue, but none of the mRNA expression levels were elevated. This was a unique case of follicular lymphoma with extensive eosinophil infiltration, and to the best of the authors' knowledge this is the first such case ever reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1440-1827
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
701-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Eosinophilia, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Eosinophils, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Leukocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Lymphoma, Follicular, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18844935-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Follicular lymphoma with marked infiltration of eosinophils.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. jshira@chive.ocn.ne.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports