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Primary polycythemia, often called polycythemia vera (PCV), polycythemia rubra vera (PRV), or erythremia, occurs when excess red blood cells are produced as a result of an abnormality of the bone marrow. Often, excess white blood cells and platelets are also produced. Polycythemia vera is classified as a myeloproliferative disease. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ...
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) is a coding of diseases and signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases, as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO). ...
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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify diseases and a wide variety of signs, symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or disease. ...
The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. ...
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) is a domain specific extension of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for tumor diseases. ...
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a huge controlled vocabulary (or metadata system) for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. ...
Polycythemia is a condition in which there is a net increase in the total number of red blood cells in the body. ...
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A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood. ...
A 250 ml bag of newly collected platelets. ...
The myeloproliferative diseases (MPDs) are a group of diseases of the bone marrow in which excess cells are produced. ...
Epidemiology Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),[1] although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,[2] while a study in Olmsted County, Minnesota found that the highest incidence was in people aged 70–79 years.[3] The overall incidence in the Minnesota population was 1.9 per 100,000 person-years, and the disease was more common in men than women.[3] Olmsted County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. ...
Symptoms Patients with polycythemia vera are often asymptomatic. A classic symptom of polycythemia vera is generalized itching, particularly after exposure to warm water, which may be due to abnormal histamine release[4][5] or prostaglandin production.[6] Such itching is present in approximately 40% of patients with polycythemia vera.[2] Gouty arthritis may be present in up to 20% of patients.[2] Peptic ulcer disease is also common in patients with polycythemia vera; the reasons for this are unclear, but may be related to an increased susceptibility to infection with the ulcer-causing bacterium H. pylori.[7] In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. ...
Pruritis is a misspelling of the medical condition pruritus. ...
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Chemical structure of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1). ...
Gout (also called metabolic arthritis) is a disease due to a congenital disorder of uric acid metabolism. ...
Peptic ulcer is a non-malignant ulcer of the stomach (called gastric ulcer) or duodenum (called duodenal ulcer). ...
Binomial name Helicobacter pylori ((Marshall 1985) Goodwin 1989) Helicobacter pylori is a helical shaped Gram-negative bacterium that colonises the mucus layer of gastric epithelium in the stomach, and also the duodenum when it has undergone gastric metaplasia. ...
A rare but classic symptom of polycythemia vera (and the related myeloproliferative disease essential thrombocythemia) is erythromelalgia.[8] This is a sudden, severe burning pain in the hands or feet, usually accompanied by a reddish or bluish coloration of the skin. Erythromelalgia is caused by an increased platelet count or increased platelet "stickiness", resulting in the formation of tiny blood clots in the vessels of the extremity; it responds rapidly to treatment with aspirin.[9][10] Essential thrombocytosis (ET, essential thrombocythemia) is a rare and chronic blood disorder characterized by the overproduction of megakaryocytes (the precursor cell for platelets. ...
Erythromelalgia, also known as Mitchells disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell) and red neuralgia(also referred to as man on fire), is a rare disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the extremities and especially in the feet, are blocked and inflamed, causing a painful burning and throbbing sensation and...
Cyanosis refers to the bluish coloration of the skin due to the presence of deoxygenated hemoglobin in blood vessels near the skin surface. ...
Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid (IPA: ), (acetosal) is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (to relieve minor aches and pains), antipyretic (to reduce fever), and as an anti-inflammatory. ...
Patients with polycythemia vera are prone to the development of blood clots (thrombosis). A major thrombotic complication (e.g. heart attack, stroke, deep venous thrombosis, or Budd-Chiari syndrome) may sometimes be the first symptom or indication that a person has polycythemia vera. Thrombosis is the formation of a clot or thrombus inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. ...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...
Stroke (or cerebrovascular accident or CVA) is the clinical designation for a rapidly developing loss of brain function due to an interruption in the blood supply to all or part of the brain. ...
It has been suggested that Deep Vein Thrombosis be merged into this article or section. ...
In medicine (gastroenterology and hepatology), Budd-Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by occlusion of the hepatic vein. ...
Diagnosis Patients with polycythemia vera may often be asymptomatic. Physical exam findings are non-specific, but may include enlarged liver or spleen, plethora, or gouty nodules. The diagnosis is often suspected on the basis of laboratory tests. Common findings include an elevated hemoglobin level or hematocrit, reflecting the increased number of red blood cells; the platelet count or white blood cell count may also be increased. Because polycythemia vera results from an essential increase in erythrocyte production, patients have a low erythropoietin (EPO) level. In medicine, a disease is asymptomatic when it is at a stage where the patient does not experience symptoms. ...
Hepatosplenomegaly is the simultaneous enlargement of both the liver (hepatomegaly) and the spleen (splenomegaly). ...
A tophus (Latin: stone, plural tophi) is a deposit of crystallised monosodium urate in people with longstanding hyperuricemia. ...
The hematocrit (Ht or HCT) and packed cell volume (PCV) are measures of the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells. ...
A 250 ml bag of newly collected platelets. ...
Schematics of shorthand for complete blood count commonly used by physicians. ...
In primary polycythemia, there may be 8 to 9 million and occasionally 11 million erythrocytes per cubic millimeter of blood (a normal range for adults is 4-6), and the hematocrit may be as high as 70 to 80%. In addition, the total blood volume sometimes increases to as much as twice normal. The entire vascular system can become markedly engorged with blood, and circulation times for blood throughout the body can increase up to twice the normal value. The increased numbers of erythrocytes can cause the viscosity of the blood to increase as much as five times normal. Capillaries can become plugged by the very viscous blood, and the flow of blood through the vessels tends to be extremely sluggish. The hematocrit (Ht or HCT) and packed cell volume (PCV) are measures of the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells. ...
Human red blood cells Red blood cells are the most common type of blood cell and are the vertebrate bodys principal means of delivering oxygen to body tissues via the blood. ...
Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of a fluid to deform under shear stress. ...
Recently, in 2005, a mutation in the JAK2 kinase (V617F) was found by multiple research groups [11][12] to be strongly associated with polycythemia vera. JAK2 is a member of the Janus kinase family. This mutation may be helpful in making a diagnosis or as a target for future therapy. JAK2 (Janus kinase 2 (a protein tyrosine kinase)) is a human gene that encodes for a protein called Janus kinase 2, a tyrosine kinase of the non-receptor type, involved in interleukin 3 signal transduction. ...
Janus kinase< (JAK) is a family of intracellular non-receptor tyrosine kinases, ranging from 120-140 kDa, that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway. ...
As a consequence of the above, people with untreated PV are at a risk of various thrombotic events (deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism), heart attack and stroke, and have a substantial risk of Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein thrombosis). The condition is considered chronic; no cure exists. Symptomatic treatment (see below) can normalize the blood count and most patients can live a normal life for years. Thrombosis is the formation of a clot or thrombus inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. ...
It has been suggested that Deep Vein Thrombosis be merged into this article or section. ...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...
Stroke (or cerebrovascular accident or CVA) is the clinical designation for a rapidly developing loss of brain function due to an interruption in the blood supply to all or part of the brain. ...
In medicine (gastroenterology and hepatology), Budd-Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by occlusion of the hepatic vein. ...
Treatment As the condition cannot be cured, treatment focuses on treating symptoms and reducing thrombotic complications reducing the erythrocyte levels.
Bloodletting or phlebotomy is one form of treatment, which often may be combined with other therapies. The removal of blood from the body reduces the blood volume and brings down the hematocrit levels; in patients with polycythemia vera, this reduces the risk of blood clots. Phlebotomy is typically performed in people with polycythemia vera to bring their hematocrit (red blood cell percentage) down below 45 for men or 42 for women.[13] Ancient Greek painting in a vase, showing a physician (iatros) bleeding a patient. ...
The hematocrit (Ht or HCT) and packed cell volume (PCV) are measures of the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells. ...
Low dose aspirin is often prescribed. Research has shown that aspirin reduces the risk for various thrombotic complications. Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid (IPA: ), (acetosal) is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (to relieve minor aches and pains), antipyretic (to reduce fever), and as an anti-inflammatory. ...
Chemotherapy for polycythemia may be used sparingly, when the rate of bloodlettings required to maintain normal hematocrit is not acceptable. This is usually with a "cytoreductive agent" (hydroxyurea, also known as hydroxycarbamide). Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ...
Hydroxyurea chemical structure Hydroxyurea or hydroxycarbamide (rINN), (brand names include Hydrea®) is an antineoplastic drug used in hematological malignancies. ...
Hydroxyurea or hydroxycarbamide (brand names include Hydrea®) is an antineoplastic drug used in hematological malignancies. ...
The tendency to avoid chemotherapy if possible, especially in young patients, is due to research indicating increased risk of transformation to AML, and while hydroxyurea is considered safer in this aspect, there is still some debate about its long-term safety. Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. ...
In the past, injection of radioactive isotopes was used as another means to suppress the bone marrow. Such treatment is now avoided due to a high rate of AML transformation.
Other therapies include interferon injections, and in cases where secondary thrombocytosis (high platelet count) is present, anagrelide may be prescribed. Interferons (IFNs) are natural proteins produced by the cells of the immune system of most vertebrates in response to challenges by foreign agents such as viruses, bacteria, parasites and tumor cells. ...
Thrombocytosis is the presence of high platelet counts in the blood, and can be either reactive or primary (also termed essential and caused by a myeloproliferative disease). ...
A 250 ml bag of newly collected platelets. ...
Anagrelide (Agrylin®/Xagrid®, Shire) is a drug used for the treatment of essential thrombocytosis (ET; essential thrombocythemia). ...
Bone marrow transplants are rarely undertaken in polycythemia patients - since this condition is non-fatal if treated and monitored, the benefits rarely outweigh the risks involved in such a procedure. Bone marrow transplantation or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a medical procedure in the field of hematology and oncology that involves transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). ...
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| Pathology: hematology/hematological malignancy (primarily C81-C96/200-208, D45-D47, D50-D77/280-289) | | WBCs | Lymphoma and leukemia
-cytosis (Agranulocytosis, Leukocytosis, Lymphocytosis, Monocytosis) • -penia (Lymphopenia, Neutropenia) | | RBCs/anemia/hemoglobinopathy | Nutritional anemia: Iron deficiency anemia, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, Megaloblastic anemia (Pernicious anemia)
Hereditary hemolytic anemia: G6PD Deficiency, Thalassemia, Sickle-cell disease/trait, Hereditary spherocytosis, Hereditary elliptocytosis, Hereditary stomatocytosis
Acquired hemolytic anemia: Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, HUS, MAHA, PNH
Aplastic anemia: Acquired PRCA, Diamond-Blackfan anemia, Fanconi anemia • Sideroblastic anemia • Hemochromatosis | | Coagulation/platelets | Coagulopathy: DIC • Hemophilia (A, B, C, XIII) • Von Willebrand disease
Purpura: Henoch-Schönlein, ITP, TTP
Other hemorrhagic conditions: Bernard-Soulier syndrome - Glanzmann's thrombasthenia - Grey platelet syndrome | | Histiocytosis | Acute monocytic leukemia - Malignant histiocytosis - Erdheim-Chester disease - Langerhans cell histiocytosis - Juvenile xanthogranuloma - Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis | | Other | Asplenia/hyposplenism - Methemoglobinemia | | Hematological malignancy histology (ICD-O 9590-9989) | | (9590-9799) Hematologic (Leukemias, Lymphomas and related disorders) | Hodgkin's lymphoma vs. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Diffuse lymphoma vs. Follicular lymphoma
B-cell lymphoma (Small cell lymphoma, Primary effusion lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, Splenic marginal zone lymphoma, MALT lymphoma)
T-cell lymphoma (Cutaneous T cell lymphoma, Mycosis fungoides, Sézary's disease, Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma)
plasma cell (Plasmacytoma, Multiple myeloma)
mast cell (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Mast cell tumor, Mast-cell sarcoma)
Pathology (from Greek pathos, feeling, pain, suffering; and logos, study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. ...
Hematology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with blood and its disorders. ...
Although hematological malignancies are a form of cancer, they are generally treated by specialists in hematology, although in many hospitals oncology specialists also manage these diseases. ...
A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood. ...
This article is about lymphoma in humans. ...
Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ...
Leukocytosis is an elevation of the white blood cell count (the leukocyte count) above the normal range. ...
Lymphocytosis is an increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood. ...
Monocytosis is an increase in the number of circulating monocytes. ...
Lymphopenia is the condition in which there exists an abnormally low number of lymphocytes in the blood. ...
Neutropenia (or neutropaenia, adjective neutrop(a)enic) is a hematological disorder characterized by an abnormally low number of neutrophil granulocytes (a type of white blood cell). ...
Human red blood cells Red blood cells are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate bodys principal means of delivering oxygen from the lungs or gills to body tissues via the blood. ...
Anemia (AmE) or anæmia (BrE), from the Greek () meaning without blood, is a deficiency of red blood cells (RBCs) and/or hemoglobin. ...
Hemoglobinopathy is a kind of genetic defect that results in abnormal structure of one of the globin chains of the hemoglobin molecule. ...
Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia, and the most common cause of microcytic anemia. ...
The Plummer-Vinson syndrome, also called Paterson-Kelly syndrome or sideropenic dysphagia is a disorder linked to severe, long-term iron deficiency anemia, which causes swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) due to web-like membranes of tissue growing in the throat (esophageal webs). ...
Megaloblastic anemia is an anemia (of macrocytic classification) which results from a deficiency of vitamin B12 and folic acid. ...
Pernicious anemia (also known as Biermers anaemia or Addisons anaemia or Addison-Biermer anaemia) is a form of megaloblastic anaemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency dependent on impaired absorption of vitamin B12 in the setting of atrophic gastritis, and more specifically of loss of gastric parietal cells. ...
Hemolytic anemia is anemia due to hemolysis, the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells either in the blood vessels (intravascular hemolysis) or elsewhere in the body (extravascular). ...
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked recessive hereditary disease featuring nonimmune hemolytic anemia in response to a number of causes. ...
Thalassemia (American English) or thalassaemia (British English) is a recessive trait inherited disease of the red blood cells. ...
Sickle-cell disease is a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S or Hb S). ...
Sickle cell trait describes the way a person can inherit some of the genes of sickle cell disease, but not develop symptoms. ...
Hereditary spherocytosis is a genetic disorder of the red blood cells that makes them prone to hemolysis. ...
Hereditary elliptocytosis is a blood disorder in which 50-90% of the red blood cells consist of rod forms and elliptocytes (that is, elliptical erythrocytes); often associated with a hemolytic anemia. ...
Hereditary stomatocytosis describes a number of inherited autosomal dominant human conditions which affect the red blood cell, in which the membrane or outer coating of the cell leaks sodium and potassium ions. ...
Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (warm AIHA) is the most common of the autoimmune hemolytic diseases. ...
In medicine, Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (or haemolytic-uraemic syndrome, abbreviated HUS) is a disease characterised by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, acute renal failure and a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia). ...
In medicine (hematology) microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) is a subgroup of hemolytic anemia (anemia, loss of red blood cells through destruction) caused by factors in the small blood vessels. ...
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare acquired life-threatening disease of the blood characterised by hemolytic anemia, thrombosis and red urine due to breakdown of red blood cells. ...
Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells. ...
Acquired pure red cell aplasia (or PRCA) refers to a type of anemia affecting the precursors to red blood cells but not to white blood cells. ...
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy. ...
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetic disease that affects children and adults from all ethnic backgrounds. ...
Sideroblastic anemia is caused by the abnormal production of red blood cells as part of myelodysplastic syndrome, which can evolve into hematological malignancies (especially acute myelogenous leukemia). ...
Haemochromatosis, also spelled hemochromatosis, is a hereditary disease characterized by improper processing by the body of dietary iron which causes iron to accumulate in a number of body tissues, eventually causing organ dysfunction. ...
Coagulation is a complex process by which blood forms solid clots. ...
A 250 ml bag of newly collected platelets. ...
This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a pathological process in the body where the blood starts to coagulate throughout the whole body. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Haemophilia A (also spelt Hemophilia A or Hæmophilia A) is a blood clotting disorder caused by a mutation of the factor VIII gene, leading to a deficiency in Factor VIII. It is the most common hemophilia. ...
Haemophilia B (also spelled Hemophilia B or Hæmophilia B) is a blood clotting disorder caused by a mutation of the Factor IX gene. ...
A mild form of hemophilia that mainly occurs in Jews of Ashkenazi descent. ...
Factor XIII or fibrin stabilizing factor is an enzyme (EC 2. ...
Von Willebrands disease (vWD) is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans. ...
Purple discolorations on the skin caused by bleeding underneath the skin. ...
In medicine (rheumatology and pediatrics) Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP, also known as allergic purpura) is a systemic vasculitis characterized by prominent tissue deposition of IgA-containing immune complexes, especially in the skin and kidney. ...
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is the condition of having a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) of no known cause (idiopathic). ...
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP or Moschcowitz disease) is a rare disorder of the blood coagulation system that in most cases arises from the deficiency or inhibition of the enzyme ADAMTS13, which is responsible for cleaving large multimers of von Willebrand factor. ...
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS, named after Jean Bernard and Jean Pierre Soulier) is a rare congenital bleeding disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia and large platelets and was first described in 1948. ...
Glanzmanns thrombasthenia is an extremely rare, autosomal recessive disorder of the blood, in which the platelets lack GPIIb/IIIa. ...
Grey platelet syndrome is a rare condition caused by a reduction or absence of the platelet alpha-granules in blood platelet, or of the proteins contained in these granules. ...
Though histiocytosis can refer to any of several specific diseases, the term is generally used to refer to a rare blood disease that is caused by an excess of white blood cells called histiocytes. ...
Acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL, or AML-M5) is considered a type of acute myeloid leukemia. ...
Malignant histiocytosis is a hereditary disease found in the Bernese Mountain Dog characterized by histiocytic infiltration of the lungs and lymph nodes. ...
Erdheim-Chester disease (also known as Erdheim-Chester syndrome) is a rare form of non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis. ...
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a form of histiocytosis, classified as non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis,[1] or more specifically, type 2.[2] ^ Nakasu S, Tsuji A, Fuse I, Hirai H. Intracranial solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma successfully treated with stereotactic radiosurgery. J Neurooncol. ...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a form of histiocytosis where there is an excess of both histiocytes and lymphocytes. ...
Asplenia refers to the absence (a-) of normal spleen function and is associated with some risks. ...
// Methemoglobinemia, also known as met-Hb, is a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin in the blood. ...
Although hematological malignancies are a form of cancer, they are generally treated by specialists in hematology, although in many hospitals oncology specialists also manage these diseases. ...
The International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) is a domain specific extension of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems for tumor diseases. ...
Although hematological malignancies are a form of cancer, they are generally treated by specialists in hematology, although in many hospitals oncology specialists also manage these diseases. ...
Leukemia or leukaemia (see spelling differences) is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow and is characterized by an abnormal proliferation (production by multiplication) of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). ...
This article is about lymphoma in humans. ...
Hodgkins lymphoma, also known as Hodgkins disease, is a type of lymphoma first described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832. ...
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer arising from lymphocytes, a type of white blood cells. ...
Diffuse lymphoma is a type of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma where there is not a detectable pattern to the tumors progression through the lymph node (in contrast to follicular lymphoma. ...
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common of the indolent non-Hodgkins lymphomas. ...
B-cell lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma affecting B cells. ...
Small cell lymphoma (or small lymphocytic lymphoma) is a type of follicular B-cell lymphoma. ...
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a malignancy of B cells that is caused by Kaposis sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). ...
Burkitts lymphoma (or Burkitts tumor, or Malignant lymphoma, Burkitts type) is a cancer of the lymphatic system (in particular, B lymphocytes). ...
Splenic marginal zone lymphoma is an indolent lymphoma recognized by the World Health Organization. ...
MALT lymphoma is a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) involving the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, usually of the stomach. ...
T-cell lymphoma (in contrast to B-cell lymphoma) can refer to: Adult T-cell leukemia Cutaneous T Cell lymphoma Category: ...
Cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a class of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, which is a type of cancer of the immune system. ...
Mycosis Fungoides, also known as Alibert-Bazin syndrome or granuloma fungoides, is a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ...
Sézarys disease (or Sézary syndrome) is a type of cutaneous lymphoma characterized by Albert Sézary. ...
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AILT) is a mature T-cell lymphoma with systemic characterized by a polymorphous lymph node infiltrate showing a marked increase in follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) and high endothelial venules (HEVs) and systemic involvement. ...
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a type of non_Hodgkin lymphoma that features in the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of lymphomas. ...
// Hepatosplenic γδ T-cell lymphoma[1] 9716/3[1] Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma is a systemic neoplasm comprised of medium-sized cytotoxic T-cells that show a significant sinusoidal infiltration in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow. ...
Plasma cells (also called plasma B cells or plasmocytes) are cells of the immune system that secrete large amounts of antibodies. ...
Plasmacytoma refers to a malignant monoclonal plasma cell tumor growing either in bone or soft tissue. ...
Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahlers disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells which are immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies. ...
Mast cells A mast cell (or mastocyte) is a resident cell of areolar connective tissue (loose connective tissue) that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin. ...
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
A mast cell tumor is a type of tumor consisting of mast cells that is found in many species of animals. ...
Mast-cell sarcoma is an aggressive[1] form of sarcoma of the mast cells. ...
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