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CD5 is a T-cell associated marker that is also expressed by two B-cell neoplasms: lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma. CD5 antigen is expressed in 95% of thymocytes and 72% of peripheral blood lymphocytes. In lymph nodes, CD5 is mainly reactive with T-cells.17-20 It has been shown to react with thymic carcinomas, but rarely in thymomas.15,16 It has also been observed in a subset of intravascular large B-cell lymphomas and marks some anaplastic large cell lymphomas.17,18
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