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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Preeti Singh, M.B.B.S.[2]

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (differentiating types of NHL)

Differentiating different types of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Gold standard for differentiation different types of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is Biopsy.

Category Disease Etiology Clinical manifestations Paraclinical findings Associated findings
Lab findings
Symptoms Signs CBC Immunochemistry Histopathology
Constitutional symptoms Rash Abdominal pain Diarrhea Mass Other WBC Hb Plt
Hodgkin's Lymphoma[1][2][3][4][5]
  • Activation of (NF-kB)
  • Mutations in JAK-STAT pathway
  • NF-kB leads to activation of many genes like:
- ± -
  • Painless lymphadenopathy with a rubbery consistency.
  • Mostly above the diaphram
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma[6][7][8][9][10][11].
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
  • 8q24/MYC translocations
  • Hypermutated immunoglobulin genes
  • Mutation of BCL6, MYC, PAX5, PIM1, RhoH /TTFn, TP53 genes
  • Translocations involving c-MYC, BCL6, and IgH gene.
  • Fever
  • Night sweats
  • weight loss
- + +
  • Extranodal involvement of GI tract, lungs, and CNS
Nl to ↓
  • CD20
  • CD3
  • CD5
  • CD45
  • CD10
  • BCL-2
  • BCl-6
  • MYC
  • IRF-4/ MUM-1
  • Ki-67

Centroblastic

Immunoblastic

  • > 90% immunoblasts
  • Trapezoid shaped large lymphoid cells with significant basophilic cytoplasm

Anaplastic

  • Very large cells with a round, oval, or polygonal shape that may resemble Reed-Sternberg cells
B Cell Lymphoma Mantle cell lymphoma
  • Fatigue
  • Night sweats
  • Weight Loss
Abdominal distention
  • Palpable masses in skin, breast, and salivary glands
  • Generalized lymphadenopathy
  • Extranodal involvement of GI tract, lungs, and CNS
  • Mental Retardation
  • Lymphocytosis > 4000/µL
Nl to ↓
  • CD5+
  • B-cell antigen positive
  • Overexpression of Cyclin D1
  • Germinal centers filled by small-to-medium atypical lymphocytes
  • Nodular appearance
B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
  • Precursor B-cell Lymphoma
  • Unknown
  • Inherited mutations of PAX5, ETV6, and TP53
+ Nl to ↓
  • Down syndrome
Follicular lymphoma
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
  • Reciprocal translocation t(14;18)
  • Overexpression of BCL2
Only in 20% of patients: + + ±
  • Painless peripheral adenopathy in the cervical, axillary, inguinal, and/or femoral regions
  • Asymptomatic large abdominal mass
Nl to ↓
  • CD21
  • CD23
  • Nodular growth pattern
  • Most common clinically indolent NHL
  • Peripheral nerve compression
Burkitt lymphoma
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
  • Translocation of chromosome 8 myc locus such as:
    • t(8;14)
    • t(2;8)
    • t(8;22)
  • Round and small nucleoli
  • basophilic cytoplasm
  • "Starry-sky pattern"
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
Marginal zone lymphoma Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
  • Clonal rearrangements of the immunoglobulin genes (heavy and light chains)
    • Deletion 7q21-32
    • Translocations of the CDK6 gene located on 7q21
  • Small lymphocytes
  • Transformed blasts
  • Epithelial histocytes
  • Plasmacytic differentiation of neoplastic cells
Nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
  • Stimulation of antigen receptor by autoantigen and co-stimulatory molecule CD40
+
  • Hemorrhage
  • Dyspepsia
  • Follicular cells in reactive zone
  • Centrocyte like cells in marginal zone lymphoma
  • Chronic infectious conditions or autoimmune processes, such as
    • H pylori gastritis
  • Hashimoto thyroiditis
  • Sjögren syndrome
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia)
  • Mature B-cell Lymphoma
Hairy cell leukemia
  • Production of cytokines, such as TNF alpha and IL-2R, provide important stimuli for malignant B cells proliferation in hairy cell leukemia.
    • The p38-MAPK-JNK cascade
    • The MEK-ERK cascade
    • The Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)-AKT cascade
  • Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase positive
  • CBC
  • Small cells with "fried egg"-like appearance
  • Well-demarcated thread-like cytoplasmic extensions
  • Clear cytoplasm
  • Central round nucleus
  • Peri-nuclear clearing ("water-clear rim" appearance)
Category Disease Etiology Constitutional symptoms Rash Abdominal pain Diarrhea Mass Other WBC Hb Plt Immunochemistry Histopathology Associated findings
T cell lymphoma Precursor T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma
  • Precursor T-cell Lymphomas
Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma Mycosis fungoides / Sézary syndrome
  • Cutaneous manifestations
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Hepatosplenic gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Enteropathy-type intestinal T-cell lymphoma
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Extranodal T-cell lymphoma, nasal type
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified
  • Mature T-cell Lymphoma
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