Preferred Label : ALK-Positive Large B-Cell Lymphoma;
NCIt synonyms : Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Expression of Full-Length Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase; Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with Expression of Full-Length ALK; ALK-DLBCL;
NCIt related terms : ALK positive large B-cell lymphoma;
NCIt definition : A usually aggressive large B-cell lymphoma characterized by the presence of monomorphic
immunoblast-like neoplastic B-lymphocytes in a sinusoidal growth pattern. The neoplastic
B-lymphocytes express the ALK kinase but they lack the 2;5 translocation.;