Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis.

Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis.

We document a case of persistent lymphocytosis in which the characteristic binucleated circulating lymphocytes were shown immunologically to be polyclonal B-cells. Cytogenetic and molecular studies failed to show a clonal population. A review of the literature on this rare condition, persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis, highlights an association with the female sex, HLA-DR7 antigen, smok...

Polyclonal B Lymphocytosis with Binucleated Lymphocytes (PPBL)

Abnormal NK cell lymphocytosis detected after splenectomy: association with repeated infections, relapsing neutropenia, and persistent polyclonal B-cell proliferation.

We report the case of a boy with hereditary spherocytosis who presented with mild microcytic hypochromic anemia and recurrent leg ulcers that had been present since childhood. Chronic natural killer (NK) cell and B-cell lymphocytosis was detected 1 year after therapeutic splenectomy during investigation of recurrent episodes of neutropenia and persistent lymphocytosis. NK cells proved to be abn...

No BCL-2 protein over expression but BCL-2/IgH rearrangements in B cells of patients with persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis.

INTRODUCTION Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis is a rare hematological disorder, characterized by a chronic, stable and absolute polyclonal lymphocytosis, the presence of binucleated lymphocytes, a polyclonal increase in serum IgM immunoglobulin and clonal cytogenetic abnormalities involving chromosome 3. For explaining the expansion of B-lymphocytes pool in PPBL, an association with c...

Persistent polyclonal B lymphocytosis with multiple bcl-2/IgH rearrangements: a benign disorder.

The appearance of a chronic B lymphocytosis is usually associated with the existence of an underlying monoclonal malignant condition. However, a few cases of persistent polyclonal B cell lymphocytosis (PPBL), presented in young asymptomatic women with an uneventful course, have been reported in recent years. In these PPBL cases, since the lymphocytes usually display an anomalous morphology, a f...