Complementarity determining region 3 (CDR3) PCR results on reactive tissues
| Paraffin wax embedded PCR results | Fresh/frozen PCR results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | M | IP | P | NS | n | M | IP | P | NS | |
| IP, incomplete polyclonal pattern; M, monoclonal pattern; PBL, peripheral blood lymphocytes; n, number of cases; ND, not done; NS, no signal; P, polyclonal pattern. | ||||||||||
| Reactive lymph node | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tonsil | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| biopsy with gastritis | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| PBL | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |