Platelet satellitism and lympho‐agglutination as presenting finding in marginal zone B‐cell lymphoma

Peripheral blood lymphoagglutination and platelet satellitism in marginal zone lymphomas

“…We found a low frequency of platelet satellitism around lymphocytes (only one case, with a persisting phenomenon each time a blood smear was performed to that patient). To our knowledge, only three cases involving MZL cells have been described . Our unique case is consistent with the small number of cases described in the literature …”

“…To our knowledge, only three cases involving MZL cells have been described. 7,10,11 Our unique case is consistent with the small number of cases described in the literature. 6 To conclude, this study is the first to describe the frequent occurrence of lymphoagglutination and platelet satellitism on lymphocytes in MZL.…”

“…However, it was mostly reported in cases of lymphoid disorders such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia or other various types of lymphomas. To our knowledge, only 6 cases of lymphoagglutination involving MZL lymphocytes have been described, 5,7,8 that however raises the question of an increased frequency of this artifact during MZL.…”

Lymphocytic Platelet Satellitism

“…There have been previous reports of platelet satellitism around neoplastic lymphoid cells and large granular lymphocytes [2][3][4]. In our patient, small to medium-sized normal lymphocytes were involved in both platelet satellitism and possible emperipolesis.…”

Platelet satellitism around lymphocytes: Case report and literature review

“…Except for one case, 6 in which the presence of PS was observed in granular lymphocytes but also in neutrophils, the appearance of PS only in lymphocytes has been related to malignancy. [7][8][9][10] In all cases, besides ours, the patients presented a lymphoprolifer- Table 1). The intensity of interference could be explained by the percentage of abnormal lymphocytes in peripheral blood, in which case with more abnormal lymphocytes the platelet count was lower.…”