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Malignant lymphomas often have complex, nonrandom chromosomal abnormalities. Hepatosplenic γδ T cell lymphoma (γTCL) is an unusual post-thymic T cell lymphoma that primarily involves liver and spleen, often in young adult males. Few cases have had cytogenetic analysis. We report a consistent isochromosome 7q [i(7q)] abnormality in three cases of hepatosplenic γδ TCL, one with i(7q) as the sole abnormality at presentation. Three patients, 15-, 37- and 65-year-old males, presented with hepatosplenomegaly and fevers. Histopathologic, immunophenotypic, and molecular genetic studies supported the diagnosis. Spleen, liver, and bone marrow contained sinusoidal infiltrates of atypical lymphoid cells of T cell immunophenotype. PCR performed on two cases demonstrated clonal T cell receptor γ gene rearrangements. Cytogenetic analysis of bone marrow showed i(7q) as the sole abnormality at presentation in one case. The second case showed i(7q) in addition to two normal chromosomes 7, and other structural and numerical abnormalities. The third case showed i(7q) and a deletion in the long arm of chromosome 11. These findings support the proposal that i(7q) represents the primary nonrandom cytogenetic abnormality in hepatosplenicγδ TCL, and plays a role in its pathogenesis.
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Alonsozana, E., Stamberg, J., Kumar, D. et al. Isochromosome 7q: the primary cytogenetic abnormality in hepatosplenic γδ T cell lymphoma. Leukemia 11, 1367–1372 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2400742
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