Optimal Minimal Panels of Immunohistochemistry for Diagnosis of B-Cell Lymphoma for Application in Countries with Limited Resources and for Triaging Cases Before
AJCP /ORIGINAL ARTICLE Optimal Minimal Panels of Immunohistochemistry for Diagnosis of B-Cell Lymphoma for Application in Countries With Limited Resources and for Triaging Cases Before Referral to Specialist Centers Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article-abstract/145/5/687/2195691 by World Health Organization user on 09 January 2019 Maria Giulia Disanto, MD,1 Maria Raffaella Ambrosio, MD, PhD,2 Bruno Jim Rocca, MD, PhD,2 Hazem A. H. Ibrahim, FRCPath, PhD,1,3 Lorenzo Leoncini, MD, PhD,2 and Kikkeri N. Naresh, MD, FRCPath1 From the 1Department of Histopathology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust & Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; 2Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Section of Pathology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy; and 3Department of Histopathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. Key Words: Lymphoma; B-cell lymphoma; Immunohistochemistry; Diagnosis; Classification; Developing countries Am J Clin Pathol May 2016;145:687-695 DOI: 10.1093/AJCP/AQW060 ABSTRACT Lymphomas are a collection of different malignancies “arising” from lymphoid cells. They include about 49 entities, Objectives: Establish and validate optimal minimal and over 19 provisional entities and subsets.1 About 85% of immunohistochemistry panels for usage in a staged lymphomas are of B-cell origin. Precision in lymphoma diag- algorithmic manner for precise diagnosis of B-cell nosis requires expertise and infrastructure. The entities are lymphomas in countries with limited resources. Suggest defined based on morphology, immunohistochemistry (on short panels of immunostains to be used in referring units some occasions in situ hybridization), cytogenetics/fluores- that refer suspected lymphomas to specialist diagnostic cent in situ hybridization (FISH), molecular genetics and clin- centers in resourceful countries.
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