Cigarette smoking-related persistent polyclonal B lymphocytosis. a premalignant state
Casassus, P.; Lortholary, P.; Komarover, H.; Lejeune, F.; Hors, J.
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 111(11): 1081
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9985 PMID: 3499130 Document Number: 288126
A case of cigarette smoking-related polyclonal B lymphocytosis, with binucleated cells, was observed. The condition was persistent for two years. We indicated the abnormal ultrastructural features and suggest that this unexplained syndrome could be a premalignant state.