Lymphoma synonyms

WHO

Rappaport

Kiel

Lukes-Collins

Working formulation

REAL

FAB

chronic lymphocytic leukaemia / small cell lymphoma

well-differentaited lymphocytic

CLL; immunocytoma, lymphoplasmacytoid type

small lymphocyte B, CLL

small lymphocytic, consistent with CLL

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

B-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia

 

B-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia

 

 

B-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia

lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma / Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia

well-differentaited lymphocytic, plasmacytoid

immunocytoma, lympoplasmacytic type

plasmacytic-lymphocytic

small lymphocytic, plasmacytoid

 

 

splenic marginal zome lymphoma

well-differentaited lymphocytic

 

small lymphocytic

small lymphocytic

 

splenic lymphoma iwth circulating villous lymphocytes

hairy cell leukaemia

leukaemic reticuloendotheliosis

plasma cell myeloma

multiple myeloma, myelomatosis, medullary plasma cytoma, Kahler's disease

MALT-lymphoma

well-differentaited lymphocytic, plasmacytoid lymphocytic, poorly-differentaited lymphocytic

immunocytoma

lymphocytic, plasmacytic-lymphocytic, small cleaved cell

small lymphocytic

 

 

nodal marginal zone lymphoma

well-differentaited lymphocytic, poorly-differentaited lymphocytic, mixed lymphocytic-histiocytic

 

monocytoid B-cell

parafollicular B-cell

small lymphocytic, plasmacytoid; follicular or diffuse small cleaved cell; follicular or diffuse mixed small and large cell

 

 

 

follicular lymphoma

nodular poorly differentiated lymphocytic, mixed lymphocytic-histiocytic, histiocytic or undifferentiated

centroblastic/centrocytic follicular, follicular and diffuse, centroblastic, follicula

small cleaved, large cleaved, small noncleaved or large noncleaved follicular centre

follicular small cleaved, mixed, large or small noncleaved

follicle centre lymphoma, follicular

 

mantle cell lymphoma

intermediate or poorly differentiated lymphocutic lymphoma, diffuse or noudlar

centrocytic (mantle cell)

malignant lymphoma, diffuse, small cleaved cell type (rarely follicular, samll cleaved or diffuse mixed small adn large cell or large cell type)

     

diffuse large B cell lymphoma

diffuse histiocytic, diffuse mixed lymphocytic and histiocytic

centroblastic, B-immunoblastic, B-arge cell anaplastic

large cleaved follicle centre cell, large noncleaved follicle centre cell, B-immunoblastic

diffuse large cell, large cell immunoblastic, diffuse mixed small and large cell

diffuse large B-cell

 

mediastinal (thymic) large B cell lymphoma

 large cell lymphoma of the mediastinum, primary mediastinal clear-cell lymphoma with sclerosis

primary mediastinal (thymic) large B cell lymphoma

 

intravascular large B-cell lymphoma

 

angio-endotheliotropic (intravascular) lymphoma

angiotropic large cell lymphoma

 

diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

 

primary effusion lymphoma

body cavity-based lymphoma

Burkitt lymphoma / leukaemia

undifferentiatd lymphoma, Burkitt type

Burkitt and Burkitt lymphoma with

small non-cleaved follicle centre cell

small non-cleaved cell, Burkitt type

Burkitt lymphoma

L3 ALL

lymphomatoid granulomatosis

angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion

WHO

Rappaport

Kiel

Lukes-Collins

Working formulation

REAL

FAB

T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia

 

T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia / T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

"Knobby" type of T-cell leukaemia

 

T-cell-prolymphocytic leukaemia / T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

 
T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukaemia

T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Tg-lymphoproliferative disorder, proliferation of large granular lymphocytes, LGL leukaemia

aggressive NK cell leukaemia

 

 

 

 

large granular lymphocyte leukaemia, NK-cell type

 
adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma

 

T-cell lymphoma, small cell type pleomorphic medium and large cell type (HTLV-1+)

T-immunoblastic sarcoma

 

adult T-cell lymphoma/eukaemia (HTLV-1+)

 

extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma, nasal type

malignant midline reticulosis, polymorphous reticulosis, lethal midline granuloma, angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion 

angiocentric T-cell lymphoma

 

enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma

 

 

 

 

intestinal T-cell lymphoma

 

hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma

 

 

 

 

hepatosplenic gd T-cell lymphoma

 

subcutanous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma

 

 

 

 

subcutanous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma

 

blastic NK cell lymphoma

lymphoblastoid variant of NK-cell lymphoma, monomorphic NK-cell lymphoma

mycosis fungoides zary syndrome

 

small cell, cerebriform

cerebriform T-cell

mycosis fungoides

mycosis fungoides

 

Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma

 

anaplastic large cell

 

 

primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell (CD30+)

 

angioimmmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

 

AILD-type T-cell lymphoma

immunoblastic lymphadenopathy

 

angioimmmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

 

peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified

 

 

T-immunoblastic

 

peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified

 

anaplastic large cell lymphoma

 

large cell anaplastic

 

 

anaplastic large cell lymphoma, T/null-cell type

 

             

References

World Health Organization Classification of Tumours, Tumours of the haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues, IARC Press 2001.

This page last revised 17.12.2002.

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