A unique case of an indolent myometrial T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder with phenotypic features resembling uterine CD8+ resident memory T cells

Pathobiology. 2014;81(4):176-82. doi: 10.1159/000363346. Epub 2014 Aug 14.

Abstract

Objective: Indolent extranodal T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders have recently been described as new entities in the gastrointestinal tract and acral sites displaying clonal T-cell receptor (TCR) rearrangement and nonactivated cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell phenotypes.

Methods/results: We report a unique case of an atypical myometrial T-cell lymphoproliferation in a 39-year-old multiparous woman, which shares many of the features mentioned above: CD8+/TIA1+/granzyme B- phenotype, clonal TCR rearrangement and indolent course.

Conclusion(s): We hypothesize that it might derive from a subset of uterine nonrecirculating CD8+ resident memory T cells expanded after repeated exposure to allo-extravillous trophoblastic antigen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes* / immunology
  • Female
  • Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Memory
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / genetics
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / immunology*
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / pathology*
  • Myometrium / immunology
  • Myometrium / pathology*
  • Uterine Diseases / genetics
  • Uterine Diseases / immunology*
  • Uterine Diseases / pathology*