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

Table 3. CNB results in 10 patients with suspected relapsed/transformed lymphoma for whom the CNB diagnosis was different from initial diagnosis.

Initial diagnoses Diagnoses at CNB
MCL High-grade lymphoma, blastoid transformation
Grade 3 FL DLBCL
Lymphoplasmocytic lymphoma Grade 1 FL
Lymphocyte-rich classical HL Nodular lymphocyte predominant HL
DLBCL germinal centre subtype CLL in transformation (Richter syndrome)
Nodular sclerosis classical HL Grade 2 FL
HL Nodular lymphocyte predominant HL
BCL (HIV+) Non-specified periportal inflammation
Nodular sclerosis classical HL BOOP
Nodular sclerosis classical HL Reactive lymphoid tissue with follicular hyperplasia

MCL=mantle cell lymphoma; FL=Follicular lymphoma; DLBC=diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; HL=Hodgkin's lymphoma; CLL=chronic lymphatic leukaemia; BCL=B-cell lymphoma; BOOP=bronchiolitis obliterans organised pneumonia.