Table 1

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.

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