Table 1.

World Health Organization classification lymphoma subtypes associated with infections


Microbial pathogen

World Health Organization (WHO) histologic subtype
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)   Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma  
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)   Hodgkin disease (with EBV)  
  Burkitt lymphoma (with or without EBV)  
  DLBCL (including primary effusion lymphoma and plasmablastic lymphoma)  
  Extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type (rare)  
  T-cell lymphoma (rare)  
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)   Hodgkin disease  
  Polymorphic PTLD  
  Burkitt lymphoma  
  Monomorphic PTLD (DLBCL)  
  Primary effusion lymphoma (with HHV8)  
Human herpesvirus 8/Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (HHV8/KSHV)   Primary effusion lymphoma  
  Plasmablastic lymphoma (DLBCL)  
  PTLD (rare)  
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)   SLVL (splenic MZ lymphoma)  
  Other marginal zone lymphoma  
  DLBCL  
Helicobacter pylori  Gastric MALT lymphoma (extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)  
Campylobacter jejuni  IPSID (extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)  
Borrelia burgdorferi  Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (various WHO subtypes including extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)  
Chlamydia psittaci
 
Ocular adnexal lymphoma (extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)
 

Microbial pathogen

World Health Organization (WHO) histologic subtype
Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1)   Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma  
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)   Hodgkin disease (with EBV)  
  Burkitt lymphoma (with or without EBV)  
  DLBCL (including primary effusion lymphoma and plasmablastic lymphoma)  
  Extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type (rare)  
  T-cell lymphoma (rare)  
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)   Hodgkin disease  
  Polymorphic PTLD  
  Burkitt lymphoma  
  Monomorphic PTLD (DLBCL)  
  Primary effusion lymphoma (with HHV8)  
Human herpesvirus 8/Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (HHV8/KSHV)   Primary effusion lymphoma  
  Plasmablastic lymphoma (DLBCL)  
  PTLD (rare)  
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)   SLVL (splenic MZ lymphoma)  
  Other marginal zone lymphoma  
  DLBCL  
Helicobacter pylori  Gastric MALT lymphoma (extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)  
Campylobacter jejuni  IPSID (extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)  
Borrelia burgdorferi  Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (various WHO subtypes including extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)  
Chlamydia psittaci
 
Ocular adnexal lymphoma (extranodal MZ lymphoma, MALT-type)
 

DLBCL indicates diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; MZ, marginal zone; MALT, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; PTLD, posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder; SLVL, splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes; and IPSID, immunoproliferative small intestinal disease.

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