Mantle cell lymphoma mimicking adult T-cell leukemia

We present an 81-year-old male patient with high-risk non-nodal leukemic MCL, with exorbitant leukocytosis/lymphocytosis, and an unprecedented finding of a morphology mimicking adult T cell leukemia, given the presence of flower cells in peripheral blood. This is the only case of MCL and one of the few B-cell lymphomas with this atypical morphology ever reported. Relevant literature hypotheses about the origin of this morphology are discussed

Source: Pathology Research and Practice - January 23, 2020 Category: Pathology Source Type: research