ANALYSIS OF CELLULAR IMMUNE MARKERS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OF LYMPHOMA PATIENTS AT THE HEMATOLOGY CENTER - BACH MAI HOSPITAL

Tung Nguyen Tuan1, , An Do Thi Vinh1, Anh Le Lan1, Hang Pham Thi Thu1, Thuc Ton Ai1, Thuc Ton Ai1
1 Trung tâm Huyết học và Truyền máu, Bệnh viện Bạch Mai

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Objectives: Determination of the diagnostic value of central nervous system invasive lymphoma by flow cytometry compared with cytogenetic methods. Participants and Methods: Cross-sectional description of 33 patients with lymphoma or 6 suspected lymphoma patients with neurological manifestations who underwent cerebrospinal fluid flow cytometry at Bach Mai Hospital from January 2022 to December 2023. Results: Abnormal lymphoid markers of lymphoma were detected in 23/33 cerebrospinal fluid samples by flow cytometry and 10 samples by morphological examination. Of the 6 patients with suspected lymphoma, 3 were newly diagnosed by immunomarker analysis, which significantly increased the detection rate compared to morphological testing in cerebrospinal fluid samples alone. Conclusion: This study showed that morphological testing combined with flow cytometry significantly increased the detection rate compared to morphology alone in cerebrospinal fluid samples.

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