Demonstration of Epstein-Barr virus in primary brain lymphoma by in situ DNA hybridisation in paraffin wax embedded tissue

J K Murphy, L S Young, I S Bevan, F A Lewis, D Dockey, J W Ironside, C J O'Brien, M Wells

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Abstract

Tumour tissue from 29 patients with primary brain lymphoma was reviewed to determine if there was an aetiological association between Epstein-Barr virus and polyclonal and monoclonal lymphoproliferations. The morphology and immunophenotype in 24 patients for whom paraffin wax embedded tissue was available were studied. A high grade pleomorphic tumour morphology with plasmacytoid features was seen in 13 tumours. Because of the large number of pleomorphic lymphomas, all tumours were examined for the presence of the Epstein-Barr virus genome using in situ DNA hybridisation. A panel of three biotinylated probes to different sequences in the Epstein-Barr virus genome was used. Positive hybridisation with one or more probes was shown in tumours from 11 patients. The remaining tumours gave no hybridisation signal. There was no correlation between positive hybridisation and morphological subtype or clinical outcome.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)220-3
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Clinical Pathology
Volume43
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Mar 1990

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Child
  • DNA Probes
  • DNA, Viral
  • Female
  • Genes, Viral
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization

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