Malignant Lymphoma, Large Cell, Cleaved and Non-Cleaved - CISMeF
Malignant Lymphoma, Large Cell, Cleaved and Non-CleavedNCIt concept
Preferred Label : Malignant Lymphoma, Large Cell, Cleaved and Non-Cleaved;
Obsolete resource : true;
NCIt synonyms : Malignant Lymphoma Large Cell Cleaved and Non-Cleaved;
NCIt definition : Antiquated term describing follicular (nodular) or diffuse non-Hodgkin lymphomas that
are composed of a mixture of large cells: large cleaved cells, with irregular nuclei
without visible nucleoli; and large non-cleaved cells (centroblasts), having a rounder
nucleus with two to three small, peripherally placed nucleoli and a small amount of
basophilic cytoplasm. The follicular variants represent mature B-cell lymphomas, whereas
the diffuse variants can be either mature B- or mature T-cell lymphomas.;