Flow Cytometry in the Differential Diagnosis of CD10-Positive Nodal Lymphomas.

Lab Med

Department of Laboratory Hematology, ICO-Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut de Recerca Josep Carreras, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain.

Published: July 2020

Background: Differences between follicular lymphoma (FL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma/high-grade B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL/HGBL) by flow cytometry are underexplored.

Methods: We retrospectively assessed flow cytometry results from 191 consecutive lymph node biopsies diagnosed with FL or DLBCL/HGBL.

Results: The only parameters that differed between the 2 groups in the derivation cohort were forward scatter and side scatter (P < 10-6; area under the curve [AUC], 0.75-0.8) and %CD23 (P = .004; area under the receiver characteristic operating curve, 0.64). However, since light scatter characteristics did not distinguish between grade 3 FL and DLBCL/HGBL, we set out to develop a model with high sensitivity for the exclusion of the latter. Several models, including FS and %CD23, were tested, and 2 models showed a sensitivity of >0.90, with negative predictive values of ≥0.95, albeit with low specificity (0.45 to 0.57).

Conclusion: Two simple models enable the exclusion of DLBCL/HGBL with a high degree of confidence.

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