PERIPHERAL T-CELL LYMPHOMAS IN CHILDREN

Approximately 20% of childhood non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) are of p eripheral T-cell type, These lymphomas form a heterogeneous group of n eoplasms with different clinical features and responses to therapy, By far the most common among these lymphomas is the recently described K i-1+ large cell lymphoma (LCL), but other types of peripheral T-cell l ymphomas, which may rarely occur in children, include pleomorphic T-ce ll lymphomas resembling adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), angioce ntric immunoproliferative lesions (AIL), angioimmunoblastic lymphadeno pathy-like T-cell lymphoma, and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Copy right (C) 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company