Losing CD45 and various B-cell markers in a case of MYC-driven pediatric high-grade B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified that transformed from Burkitt’s lymphoma during rituximab-containing treatments: a case report

Xuemin Xue1, Libing Fu2, Tian Qiu1, Zheng Cao1, Xiaojun Wang1, Wei Rao1, Yiyang Luo1, Lejian He2, Xiaoli Feng1
1Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
2Department of Pathology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing, China

Tóm tắt

In this study, we reported a seldom case of pediatric high-grade B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (HGBL, NOS) with loss of B-cell markers (CD19, CD20, CD22, CD79a, CD38, Pax5, OCT2, and BOB1) and CD45, which bring great challenges to exclude a non-lymphomatous neoplasm. However, no evidence was found to support the diagnosis of sarcoma and carcinoma. Thus, due to the patient’s prior history of Burkitt’s lymphoma treated by rituximab-containing therapies, we carefully searched for any indication of B-cell differentiation. Eventually, NGS results revealed the monoclonal rearrangement of IGH (IGHD2-8-IGHJ6 and IGHV4-30–2-IGHJ4) in both pre-treatment and present tumors, confirming the same B-cell lineage. Moreover, both tumors exhibited the same IGHA1-MYC translocation and somatic mutations of c-MYC, TP53, ID3, and CCND3. Therefore, in addition to strong expression of BCL2 in the present tumor, we finally arrived at a diagnosis of pediatric HGBL, NOS with loss of B-cell lineage markers and CD45.

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