The Journal of surgical research · 1999
Flow cytometric study of lymphocytes associated with thymoma and other thymic tumors.
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Fujii Y, Okumura M, Yamamoto S
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BACKGROUND: A large number of immature T lymphocytes in thymoma may reflect the biological function of the neoplastic epithelial cells. However, to confirm that this lymphocyte-inducing activity is unique to thymoma, lymphocytes associated with other thymic tumors need to be studied.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used flow cytometry to study lymphocytes recovered from various thymic tumors (65 thymomas, 24 with myasthenia gravis; 5 thymic cancers; 5 germ cell tumors including 3 needle biopsy samples; and 2 other tumors) and results were analyzed in reference to those from 36 normal thymuses.
RESULTS: The frequency of CD4(+)CD8(+) (DP) thymocytes in the normal thymus declined with age (0.9-94%, r = -0.83, P < 0.001) reflecting the physiological involution. Association of lymphocytes with this DP phenotype was unique to thymoma: 61 of 65 thymomas but none of the other thymic tumors had more than 3% DP cells (frequency of DP cells; thymoma without MG, 59.5 +/- 31.4%; thymoma with MG, 59.4 +/- 22.1%; and other thymic tumors, 0.8 +/- 1.0; mean +/- SD). All the thymic tumors associated with myasthenia gravis were thymomas and had more than 18% DP cells.
CONCLUSION: The presence of DP cells in thymomas but not in other tumors suggests that DP cells are induced by the epithelial cells of thymoma. This characteristic may help diagnose thymic tumors; the presence of more than 3% DP cells suggests a thymoma. Also, association of myasthenia gravis suggests a thymoma.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used flow cytometry to study lymphocytes recovered from various thymic tumors (65 thymomas, 24 with myasthenia gravis; 5 thymic cancers; 5 germ cell tumors including 3 needle biopsy samples; and 2 other tumors) and results were analyzed in reference to those from 36 normal thymuses.
RESULTS: The frequency of CD4(+)CD8(+) (DP) thymocytes in the normal thymus declined with age (0.9-94%, r = -0.83, P < 0.001) reflecting the physiological involution. Association of lymphocytes with this DP phenotype was unique to thymoma: 61 of 65 thymomas but none of the other thymic tumors had more than 3% DP cells (frequency of DP cells; thymoma without MG, 59.5 +/- 31.4%; thymoma with MG, 59.4 +/- 22.1%; and other thymic tumors, 0.8 +/- 1.0; mean +/- SD). All the thymic tumors associated with myasthenia gravis were thymomas and had more than 18% DP cells.
CONCLUSION: The presence of DP cells in thymomas but not in other tumors suggests that DP cells are induced by the epithelial cells of thymoma. This characteristic may help diagnose thymic tumors; the presence of more than 3% DP cells suggests a thymoma. Also, association of myasthenia gravis suggests a thymoma.