Table 1 Patient demographic and pathologic characteristics.

From: CREBBP and STAT6 co-mutation and 16p13 and 1p36 loss define the t(14;18)-negative diffuse variant of follicular lymphoma

Case no.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Total

Age

45

57

64

38

51

44

46

38

59

48

56

66

66

67

50

56

53.2 (mean)

Gender

F

F

M

M

F

F

F

F

F

M

M

M

F

F

F

F

5:11 (M:F)

Morphology

Diffuse growth (%)

100

>75

>75

100

100

>75

>75

>75

75

>75

>75

>75

100

>75

100

~75

75–100%

Micro-follicles

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

43.7%

Sclerosis

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

56.2%

Entrapped normal LN

+

+

+

+

+

+

37.5%

Nuclear contour

R

C

C

C

R

R&C

C

C

R

R

C

R&C

R

C

R

C

5:4 (C:R)

Immunophenotype

CD10

+

+

+

+

+

+

+(P)

+

+(P)/W

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

100.0%

BCL6

+

+

+

+(Fo)

NA

+

+(P)

+(Fo)

+(WP)

+(W)

+

+

+

+

+

NA

100.0%

BCL2

+

+(V)

+

+

+

+(W)/E

E

E

+/−

+

+

+

+

+

+

81.2%

CD23

+(P)

+

+

+

+

+(WP)

+(P)

+(Fo)

+/−

+(Fo)

+

+

+

+(W)

+

+

100.0%

FDC network

NA

Fo

Fo

Fo

Fo

Fo W

31.2%

Ki-67 proliferation (%)

<30

30–40

10

<10

NA

NA

20

NA

<10

10–20

NA

20–30

NA

10–20

NA

10–20

15–20% (mean)

  1. C cleaved, E equivocal, F female, Fo focal, FDC follicular dendritic cell, LN lymph node, M male, NA not available, P patchy; R round, V variable, W weak; _/_: When staining pattern of diffuse areas and micro-follicles differed, the “_/_” designation is used with the diffuse staining pattern on the left and the micro-follicle staining pattern on the right.