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Table 3 CIg LCs and Bcl-2 expression in groups with negative and dual positive sIg LCs patterns

From: Inconclusive flow cytometric surface light chain results; can cytoplasmic light chains, Bcl-2 expression and PCR clonality analysis improve accuracy of cytological diagnoses in B-cell lymphomas?

  

sIg LCs

cIg LCs

 

Negative (n = 19)

Dual positive (n = 10)

Total (n = 29)

 

Monotypic

 

0

8

8

Polytypic

 

1

0

1

Negative

 

18

1

19

Dual positive

 

0

1

1

Bcl-2

Diagnosis

Negative (n = 25)

Dual positive (n = 9)

Total (n = 34)

 

Overexpressed

BCL

2a

6b

8

Not overexpressed

BCL

4

1

5

RLP

19

2

21

  1. BCL B-cell lymphomas, RLP reactive lymphocytic proliferations, sIg LCs surface immunoglobulin light chains, cIg LC cytoplasmic immunoglobulin light chains; a2 FL; b2 DLBCL, 2 FL, 2 MZL