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ArticleLeukemia2013

Type II EATL (epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma): a neoplasm of intra-epithelial T-cells with predominant CD8αα phenotype.

S-Y Tan, S-S Chuang, T Tang, L Tan, Y-H Ko, K-L Chuah, S-B Ng, W-J Chng, K Gatter, F Loong and 7 more

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Article in Leukemia, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61 citing papers in PubMed, 134 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Surface CD3-negative monomorphic epitheliotropic intestinal T-cell lymphoma.Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 13 institutions in 7 countries.

S-Y TanDepartment of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. drtansy@gmail.com
S-S Chuang
T Tang
L Tan
Y-H Ko
K-L Chuah
S-B Ng
W-J Chng
K Gatter
F Loong
Y-H Liu
P Hosking
P-L Cheah
B-T Teh
K Tay
M Koh
S-T Lim
National Cancer Centre Singapore · SGNational University of Singapore · SGSingapore General Hospital · SGChi Mei Medical Center · TWEastern Health · AUGuangzhou First People's Hospital · CNNational University Health System · SGQueen Mary Hospital · CNSamsung Medical Center · KRSingHealth · SGTan Tock Seng Hospital · SGUniversity of Malaya · MYUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this multicentre study, we examined 60 cases of Type II enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) from the Asia-Pacific region by histological review, immunohistochemistry and molecular techniques. Patients were mostly adult males (median age: 58 years, male:female 2.6:1), presenting with abdominal pain (60%), intestinal perforation (40%) and weight loss (28%). None had a history of coeliac disease and the median survival was only 7 months. Histologically, these tumours could be divided into (i) central tumour zone comprising a monotonous population of neoplastic lymphocytes, (ii) peripheral zone featuring stunted villi and morphologically atypical lymphocytes showing epitheliotropism, and (iii) distant mucosa with normal villous architecture and cytologically normal intra-epithelial lymphocytes (IELs). Characterized by extensive nuclear expression of Megakaryocyte-associated tyrosine kinase (MATK) (87%) and usually a CD8(+)CD56(+) (88%) cytotoxic phenotype, there was frequent aberrant expression of CD20 (24%). T-cell receptor (TCR) expression was silent or not evaluable in 40% but of the remainder, there was predominant expression of TCRαβ over TCRγδ (1.6:1). In keeping with the normal ratio of IEL subsets, CD8(+) cases showed predominant CD8αα homodimer expression (77%), regardless of TCR lineage. These tumours constitute a distinct entity from classical EATL, and the pathology may reflect tumour progression from IEL precursors, remnants of which are often seen in the distant mucosa.

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PhenotypeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, SurfaceCD8 AntigensEnteropathy-Associated T-Cell LymphomaFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryIntestinal MucosaMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycAntigens, SurfaceCD8 antigen, alpha chainCD8 AntigensProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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