WHO histologic classification of lymphoid neoplasms
Precursor B-cell and T-cell neoplasms |
Precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) |
Precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) |
Mature B-cell neoplasms |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma |
B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia |
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma |
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma |
Hairy-cell leukemia |
Plasma-cell myleoma |
MGUS |
Solitary plasmactyoma of bone |
Extraosseous plasmacytoma |
Primary amyloidosis |
Heavy-chain diseases |
MALT lymphoma |
Nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma |
Follicular lymphoma |
Mantle-cell lymphoma |
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
Mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma |
Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma |
Primary effusion lymphoma |
Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia |
Mature T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms |
Leukemic/disseminated |
T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia |
T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia |
Aggressive NK-cell leukemia |
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma |
Cutaneous |
Mycosis fungoides |
Sezary syndrome |
Primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma |
Lymphomatoidpapulosis |
Other extranodal |
Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type |
Enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma |
Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma |
Subcutaneous panniculitis–like T-cell lymphoma |
Nodal |
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma |
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified |
Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma |
Neoplasm of uncertain lineage and stage of differentiation |
Blastic NK-cell lymphoma |
Precursor B-cell and T-cell neoplasms |
Precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) |
Precursor T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (precursor T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia) |
Mature B-cell neoplasms |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma |
B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia |
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma |
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma |
Hairy-cell leukemia |
Plasma-cell myleoma |
MGUS |
Solitary plasmactyoma of bone |
Extraosseous plasmacytoma |
Primary amyloidosis |
Heavy-chain diseases |
MALT lymphoma |
Nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma |
Follicular lymphoma |
Mantle-cell lymphoma |
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
Mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma |
Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma |
Primary effusion lymphoma |
Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia |
Mature T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms |
Leukemic/disseminated |
T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia |
T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia |
Aggressive NK-cell leukemia |
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma |
Cutaneous |
Mycosis fungoides |
Sezary syndrome |
Primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma |
Lymphomatoidpapulosis |
Other extranodal |
Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type |
Enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma |
Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma |
Subcutaneous panniculitis–like T-cell lymphoma |
Nodal |
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma |
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified |
Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma |
Neoplasm of uncertain lineage and stage of differentiation |
Blastic NK-cell lymphoma |
MGUS indicates monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; MALT lymphoma, extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; and NK, natural killer.
Adapted with permission from Jaffe et al.4