Abstract |
The lymphomas of small B lymphocytes are a biologically diverse group of B cell derived neoplasms that includes B cell small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia; mantle cell lymphoma; follicular lymphoma; nodal, splenic and extranodal marginal zone lymphomas; and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. They are distinguished from one another on clinical, morphological, phenotypic and genetic grounds. This article reviews the essential diagnostic and biologic features of these clinically indolent B cell malignancies.
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Authors | Paul J Kurtin |
Journal | Hematology/oncology clinics of North America
(Hematol Oncol Clin North Am)
Vol. 23
Issue 4
Pg. 769-90
(Aug 2009)
ISSN: 1558-1977 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 19577169
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
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Topics |
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
(classification, diagnosis, genetics)
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
(diagnosis, genetics)
- Lymphoma, Follicular
(diagnosis, genetics)
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
(diagnosis, genetics)
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
(diagnosis, genetics)
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