Indolent lymphomas of mature B lymphocytes.
The lymphomas of small B lymphocytes are a biologically diverse group of B cell derived neoplasms that includes B cell small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia; mantle cell lymphoma; follicular lymphoma; nodal, splenic and extranodal marginal zone lymphomas; and lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. They are distinguished from one another on clinical, morphological, phenotypic and genetic grounds. This article reviews the essential diagnostic and biologic features of these clinically indolent B cell malignancies.
Kurtin
Paul J
PJ
Division of Hematopathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55906, USA. kurtin.paul@mayo.edu
D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D020522:Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics