Lymphoma
This article is about lymphoma in humans. For the disease in dogs, cats, and ferrets, see lymphoma in animals.
Lymphoma
Classification and exte resources Follicular lymphoma repla lymph node
ICD-10 C81 -C9
ICD-9 202.8
ICD-O: 9590-99
MedlinePlus 000580
000581
MeSH D00822
Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when B or T lymphocytes,
[1] the white blood cells that form a part of the immune system and help protect the body from infection and disease, divide faster than normal cells or live longer than they are supposed to.
Lymphoma may develop in the lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, blood or other organs[2] and eventually they form a tumor.[1] Typically, lymphoma presents as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells.
Treatment might involve chemotherapy and in some cases radiotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation, and lymphomas can be curable depending on the histology, type, and stage of the disease.[3] These malignant cells often originate in lymph nodes, presenting as an enlargement of the node
(a tumor). It can also affect other organs in which case it is referred to as extranodal lymphoma.
Extranodal sites include the skin, brain, bowels and bone. Lymphomas are closely related to lymphoid leukemias, which also originate in lymphocytes but typically involve only circulating blood and the bone marrow (where blood cells are generated in a process termed haematopoesis) and do not usually form static tumors.[3] There are many types of lymphomas, and in turn, lymphomas are a part of the broad group of diseases called
hematological
Lymphoma
Classification and exte resources Follicular lymphoma repla lymph node
ICD-10 C81 -C9
ICD-9 202.8
ICD-O: 9590-99
MedlinePlus 000580
000581
MeSH D00822
Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when B or T lymphocytes,
[1] the white blood cells that form a part of the immune system and help protect the body from infection and disease, divide faster than normal cells or live longer than they are supposed to.
Lymphoma may develop in the lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, blood or other organs[2] and eventually they form a tumor.[1] Typically, lymphoma presents as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells.
Treatment might involve chemotherapy and in some cases radiotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation, and lymphomas can be curable depending on the histology, type, and stage of the disease.[3] These malignant cells often originate in lymph nodes, presenting as an enlargement of the node
(a tumor). It can also affect other organs in which case it is referred to as extranodal lymphoma.
Extranodal sites include the skin, brain, bowels and bone. Lymphomas are closely related to lymphoid leukemias, which also originate in lymphocytes but typically involve only circulating blood and the bone marrow (where blood cells are generated in a process termed haematopoesis) and do not usually form static tumors.[3] There are many types of lymphomas, and in turn, lymphomas are a part of the broad group of diseases called
hematological