This paper reports the results of a series of light and electron microscopic, cytochemical, immunologic and cytogenetic investigations performed in a patient with Sézary syndrome. Fifty-two percent of the cerebriform cells were OKIa-1 positive and 55 % were acid alpha-naphthylacetate esterase (ANAE) negative. Since activated T-lymphocytes are known to lose their peculiar ANAE activity while acquiring la-like antigens, it is conceivable that the ANAE-negative and OKIa-1-positive cells represent an in vivo activated subset. Thus, it appears that a typical Sézary cell population from a given individual can exhibit heterogeneous phenotypic profiles.
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