Items tagged “lymphoma”
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Breast lymphoma
Breast lymphoma refers to the involvement of the breast with lymphoma and may be primary or secondary.
Epidemiology
Both primary and secondary breast lymphomas are rare. Breast lymphoma accounts for <1% of all breast malignancies and <2% of all extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma 11. Secondary lym...
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Lymphomas of the central nervous system
Lymphomas of the central nervous system, the most common of which is primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the CNS, are the second most common primary brain tumor after gliomas 17. By definition, there is no co-existing systemic disease at the time of diagnosis, distinguishing it from CNS inv...
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Gastric lymphoma
Gastric lymphoma may either represent secondary involvement by systemic disease or primary malignancy confined to the stomach.
Epidemiology
Gastric lymphoma represents the most common site of extranodal lymphoma, accounting for 25% of all such lymphomas, 50% of all gastrointestinal lymphomas...
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Hodgkin lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma or Hodgkin disease (HD) is a type of lymphoma and accounts for ~1% of all cancers. Hodgkin disease spreads contiguously and predictably along lymphatic pathways and is curable in ~90% of cases, depending on its stage and subtype.
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There is a bimodal distribution in...
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Secondary CNS lymphoma (typical)
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07 May 2008
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Primary CNS lymphoma
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07 May 2008
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Primary CNS lymphoma - intraventricular
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07 Jul 2008
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Primary CNS lymphoma
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08 Dec 2008
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Primary CNS lymphoma
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30 Jan 2009
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Gastric lymphoma
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16 Aug 2009
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Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (small bowel)
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30 Aug 2009
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Primary hepatic lymphoma
Primary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) is very rare, with approximately 100 described cases. If it is being considered as a diagnosis, distant lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, bone marrow disease, and leukemia should not be present for at least 6 months after the liver tumor has been detected (see: second...
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Mediastinal lymphoma - large B-cell
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21 Feb 2010
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Orbital lymphoma
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22 Mar 2010
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Lymphoma
Lymphoma (historically lymphosarcoma was used for diffuse forms of the disease) is a malignancy arising from lymphocytes or lymphoblasts. Lymphoma can be restricted to the lymphatic system or can arise as extranodal disease. This, along with variable aggressiveness results in a diverse imaging a...
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Mediastinal lymphoma
Mediastinal lymphoma is common, either as part of disseminated disease or less commonly as the site of primary involvement.
Epidemiology
Lymphomas are responsible for approximately 15% of all primary mediastinal masses, and 45% of anterior mediastinal masses in children 1.
Only 10% of lympho...
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WHO classification of haematolymphoid tumors
The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of haematolymphoid tumors is the most widely used pathologic classification system for hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms. The current revision 1, known as the 5th edition, was published in 2022 and supersedes the 4th edition revised published...
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Hodgkin lymphoma (gross pathology)
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29 Mar 2010
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Orbital lymphoma
Primary lymphoma of the orbit is one of the most common orbital tumors and accounts for as much as half of all orbital malignancies. It is a B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and in most cases arises from mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT).
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Orbital lymphomas account for only 2% o...
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Pulmonary lymphoma
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22 Apr 2010
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