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. 2009 Apr 28;100(11):1771–1776. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605059

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.