PubMed · 17195039
[Mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma].
Abstract
Mediastinal B-cell lymphoma is a locally highly aggressive tumour which was first described in the early 1980s. The incidence is about 2-3% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. The conceptional evolution of this lymphoma entity was hampered by its low incidence and the broad spectrum of morphological variants present. However, since mediastinal B-cell lymphoma has distinct morphological, immunological, genetic, and clinical features, it has been listed in the revised European-American Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms (REAL-Classification) since 1994 as a variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. In the World Health Organization classification of malignant lymphomas, mediastinal B-cell lymphoma is now listed with an own disease code (ICD-9679/3).
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T F E Barth, P Möller. 2007. [Mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma].. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00292-006-0880-8
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