Abstract

Serial frozen sections were prepared from 22 squamous cell carcinomas of oral cavity and paranasal sinus. Mononuclear cell infiltrates were stained by the biotin-avidin-horseradish peroxidase method using a panel of 10 mouse monoclonal antibodies to human leukocyte antigens. The degree of infiltration was graded from + + + (marked) to - (absent). The infiltration of anti-Leu-4-reactive cells (Leu-4+ cells) was grade + + or + + + in 14 of 22 cases. In 13 of 22 cases, infiltration of Leu-3a + 3b+ cells (helper/inducer T lymphocytes) was grade + + (moderate). In 5 of 20 cases, infiltration of Leu-2a+ cells (cytotoxic/suppressor T lymphocytes) was grade + +. As for B lymphocytes, infiltration of Leu-12+ cells was grade + + in only 2 of 19 cases. In conclusion, T lymphocyte infiltrates were commonly seen in squamous cell carcinoma in oral cavity and paranasal sinus and the number of patients with grade + + infiltration of helper/inducer T lymphocytes significantly predominated over that of patients with infiltration of cytotoxic/suppressor T lymphocytes grade + +.

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