Table 1.

Clinical Characteristics of 126 Cytogenetically Studied Patients With Different Subtypes of BBCL

Histopathological Lymphoma Subtype According to:
Kiel Classification cb Lymphomaib Lymphoma BL Centrocytoid-cb Lymphoma Other BBCL Lymphoma All
REAL ClassificationDiffuse Large Cell Lymphoma BL bMCL VariantOther High-Grade BCL
Clinical Data  
 Total 68 (54.0%)  28 (22.2%)  11 (8.7%)  11 (8.7%) 8 (6.4%)  126 (100%)  
 Gender (male:female) 28:40  11:17  7:4  7:4  5:3 58:68  
 Age (yr), median (range)  61 (17-88) 67 (21-94)  44 (16-72)  63 (60-71)  48 (28-68) 60 (19-94)  
International Prognostic Index  
 Age >60 yr  36 (53%)  19 (68%)  2 (18%)  8 (73%) 2 (25%)  67 (53%)  
 Karnofsky Index ≤70%  7 (10%) 2 (7%)  1 (9%)  2 (18%)  1 (12.5%)  13 (10%) 
 Serum-LDH >240 U/I  36 (53%)  18 (64%)  4 (36%) 7 (63%)  5 (63%)  70 (56%)  
 Ann Arbor Stage III/IV 39 (57%)  19 (68%)  5 (46%)  10 (91%) 7 (88%)  80 (64%)  
 No. of E-sites* ≥2  6 (9%) 5 (18%)  2 (18%)  3 (27%)  1 (13%)  17 (14%) 
 Median survival (mo) (95% CI)  68.9 (27-112) 16.3 (10-22)  38.7 (44-112) 14.4 (8-24)  15.2 (12-33) 24.2 (16-38) 
Histopathological Lymphoma Subtype According to:
Kiel Classification cb Lymphomaib Lymphoma BL Centrocytoid-cb Lymphoma Other BBCL Lymphoma All
REAL ClassificationDiffuse Large Cell Lymphoma BL bMCL VariantOther High-Grade BCL
Clinical Data  
 Total 68 (54.0%)  28 (22.2%)  11 (8.7%)  11 (8.7%) 8 (6.4%)  126 (100%)  
 Gender (male:female) 28:40  11:17  7:4  7:4  5:3 58:68  
 Age (yr), median (range)  61 (17-88) 67 (21-94)  44 (16-72)  63 (60-71)  48 (28-68) 60 (19-94)  
International Prognostic Index  
 Age >60 yr  36 (53%)  19 (68%)  2 (18%)  8 (73%) 2 (25%)  67 (53%)  
 Karnofsky Index ≤70%  7 (10%) 2 (7%)  1 (9%)  2 (18%)  1 (12.5%)  13 (10%) 
 Serum-LDH >240 U/I  36 (53%)  18 (64%)  4 (36%) 7 (63%)  5 (63%)  70 (56%)  
 Ann Arbor Stage III/IV 39 (57%)  19 (68%)  5 (46%)  10 (91%) 7 (88%)  80 (64%)  
 No. of E-sites* ≥2  6 (9%) 5 (18%)  2 (18%)  3 (27%)  1 (13%)  17 (14%) 
 Median survival (mo) (95% CI)  68.9 (27-112) 16.3 (10-22)  38.7 (44-112) 14.4 (8-24)  15.2 (12-33) 24.2 (16-38) 
*

E-sites, extranodal manifestation.

Defined according to Ott et al.14 

Including unclassifiable BBCL and rare subtypes.

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