Abstract
In lymph node diagnosis, difficulties are frequently encountered with the differential diagnosis of reactive and neoplastic T-cell proliferations. Immunohistochemistry is of limited use, and fresh frozen material for DNA studies is not available in many cases. We have established a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique to amplify rearranged T-cell receptor (TCR)-gamma sequences from paraffin-embedded material. Our method differs from other techniques previously described in that it uses four sets of family-specific variable (V)gamma primers. Clonality of the investigated T cells is reflected not only by the varying lengths of amplified products but also by differences in the relative amount of rearranged V gamma families. Preliminary studies indicate that this approach can provide information about the presence of predominant T-cell clones within the sample and thus help to classify the lymph node lesion. With this technique we were able to confirm clonality in seven of 12 T-cell lymphomas in paraffin-embedded tissues.
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