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Lymphoblastic lymphoma

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Malignant lymphomas, including Hodgkin’s disease: Diagnosis, management, and special problems

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 66))

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Lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) was first described by Barcos and Lukes [1] in 1975 and was termed convoluted T-cell lymphoma. Nathwani and colleagues [2] in 1976 redefined LBL as a disease having discreet pathologic and clinical features from diffuse, small cleaved cell lymphoma. In 1982, the National Cancer Institute sponsored study of 1175 adult patients [3] gave rise to the international Working Formulation of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, which recognized LBL as one of its 10 discreet clinical entities. Approximately 4% of patients in the above study were classified as having this high grade lymphoma. As the incidence of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas in the United States is about 1:10,000 persons annually [4], roughly 1200 individuals would be expected to be diagnosed with LBL in the United States each year. Despite the rarity of this condition, an understanding of the clinical, pathologic, and therapeutic principles used in the management of LBL is important, not only for LBL patients, but also for those with related disorders, such as other intermediate and high grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas and Tcell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL).

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    Bruce W. Dana (Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Member) (Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Member)

  2. The Hematology Clinic Portland, Oregon, USA

    Bruce W. Dana (Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Member) (Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Member)

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Picozzi, V.J. (1993). Lymphoblastic lymphoma. In: Dana, B.W. (eds) Malignant lymphomas, including Hodgkin’s disease: Diagnosis, management, and special problems. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 66. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3084-8_6

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