[Current status of the problem of malignant lymphoma (on the centenary of the theory of malignant lymphoma)].
Malignant lymphomas (ML) differ from other neoplasms by an extreme variety of the morphological terms used for designation of different variants of these tumours and different terms are used to describe the same neoplasm. This resulted in the simultaneous use in different countries of not less than 6 ML classifications including the WHO histocytological classification (1976), which is not universally accepted. Kiel's classification of non-Hodgkin's ML (1974) is the most popular in the majority of the West and East European countries, in USA there is a similar classification by Lukes and Collins (1975). The "Working formulation of ML for the use in clinics" (USA, 1982) starts to be used, although it is simply a terminological compromise also containing certain faults. The historical review of the evolution of the ML concept is given starting from Th. Billroth' works (1883); the concrete examples are given illustrating the dynamics of the ML terms and evaluation of their nature. The singularity of the developmental steps of this concept is noted, in particular the "reticulosis era" (1923-1973). The dependence of ML estimate upon the existing, in a given period, schemes of hemopoiesis is pointed out. The data on the state of this problem in different countries are presented and the necessity of its joint discussion by pathologists and clinicians in order to work out the identical nomenclature for the designation of the same type of ML is outlined.
D000818:Animals; D005858:Germany; D006652:Histological Techniques; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917); D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014586:USSR; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization
Sovremennoe sostoianie problemy zlokachestvennykh limfom (k 100-letiiu ucheniia o zlokachestvennykh limfomakh).