Table 2. Distribution of CNB results in 112 patients with suspected lymphoma.
Lymphoma with complete subtyping/grading (54) | |
DLBCL activated type | 13 |
DLBCL germinal centre type | 8 |
MCL | 3 |
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma | 3 |
Nodular sclerosis classical HL | 4 |
Nodular lymphocyte predominant HL | 2 |
Mixed cellularity classical HL | 2 |
Lymphocyte-rich classical HL | 1 |
FL grade 3 | 3 |
FL grade 2 | 1 |
FL grade 1 | 1 |
Monomorphic PTLD (DLBCL type) | 1 |
Precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma | 1 |
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma | 1 |
DLBCL, follicular lymphoma in transformation | 1 |
Castelman disease | 1 |
High-grade lymphoma, blastoid transformation | 1 |
Lymphoplasmocytic lymphoma | 1 |
Burkitt lymphoma | 1 |
Precursor B-lymphoblastic lymphoma | 1 |
CLL in transformation (Richter syndrome) | 1 |
CLL | 1 |
Multiple myeloma | 2 |
Lymphoma, incomplete subtyping/grading (8) | |
Classical HL | 4 |
DLCBL | 2 |
FL grading not specified | 1 |
B-cell lymphoma | 1 |
Lymphoma, incomplete typing (1) | |
HL or anaplastic large cell lymphoma | 1 |
Non-lymphoma malignant diagnoses (32) | |
Epithelial tumours | 23 |
Non-épithélial tumours | 9 |
Benign diagnoses (8) | |
Pyogenic acute inflammation with fungus | 1 |
Granulomatous lymphadenitis (BAAR+) | 3 |
Necrotising granulomatous inflammation (PCR :DNA of MT) | 2 |
Non-specified periportal inflammation | 1 |
BOOP | 1 |
Non-malignant diagnoses. Lymphoma could not be definitively ruled out on CNB results (9) | |
Mix lymphocytic infiltrate | 1 |
Necrotising granulomatous inflammation | 2 |
Benign fibroadipose tissue | 1 |
Non-necrotising non-granulomatous reactive lymphadenitis | 1 |
Acute and chronic inflammation | 1 |
Reactive lymphoid tissue without tumour | 1 |
Lymphoid tissue with follicular hyperplasia | 2 |
DLBC=diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; MCL=mantle cell lymphoma; HL=Hodgkin's lymphoma; FL=follicular lymphoma; PTLD=post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease; CLL=chronic lymphatic leukaemia; BAAR=acid-alcohol resistant bacillus; PCR=polymerase chain reaction; DNA=deoxyribonucleic acid; MT=Mycobacterium tuberculosis; BOOP=bronchiolitis obliterans organised pneumonia.