Overview Symptoms Types Staging Testing Treatment TABLE Sources

The following table illustrates the two most commonly used classifications plus an older classification. Because of differences in how the lymphomas are described, there is not a one-to-one comparison between the systems, and a single disease could be known by multiple names.

Comparison of Some Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Classifications
Note: These classifications cannot always be compared

NCI* (Working   Formulation) (Older Classification)	REAL**	WHO*** Classification
	B cell lineage/NHL	Mature B cell     lymphoma
Low grade lymphoma    Small lymphocytic lymphoma                Small lymphocytic lymphoma (plasmacytoid)                             Follicular lymphoma (small cleaved cell, large cell, mixed cell)         High Grade lymphoma Diffuse lymphoma (small  cleaved, large, mixed cell) Diffuse immunoloblastic lymphoma  Burkitt Lymphoma Burkitt-like Lymphoma Lymphoblastic lymphoma	B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia       Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma             Nodal and extranodal marginal B-cell lymphoma                Follicular Center, grades I, II, and III lymphoma   Mantle Cell lymphoma	B cell CLL / SLL   Splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma Extranodal marginal B cell lymphoma   Follicular lymphoma                         Mantle cell lymphoma  Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma         Burkitt’s lymphoma
T and NK Cell Neoplasms		T and NK Cell Neoplasms
		Mature T cell lymphoma
Small lymphocyte lymphoma  Mycosis Fungoides       Diffuse lymphoma (small cleaved, large, mixed cell)   Large cell immunoblastic lymphoma		Adult T cell lymphoma     Mycosis fungoides (S�zary Syndrome)  Anaplastic large cell  lymphoma not otherwise characterized  Immunoblastic T cell lymphoma
		Langerhans cell histiocytosis  Langerhans cell sarcoma  Interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma/tumor  Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma/tumor  Dendritic cell sarcoma, not otherwise specified

* NCI = National Cancer Institute

** REAL = Revised European American Lymphoma

*** WHO = World Health Organization

On This Site

Tests: CBC, Platelet count, WBC, Bone marrow biopsy, Blood smear
In the News: Lymphoma Therapy Decisions Based on Gene Patterns

Elsewhere On The Web

The Lymphoma Information Network
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey: Hemepath Tutorial Table of Contents
American Cancer Society: Detailed Guide: Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's type
American Cancer Society: Detailed Guide: Hodgkin Disease
Patient listserves for lymphoma can be found at http://acor.org/. They include specific online patient communities concerned with Hodgkin, Mantle cell, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma or pediatric lymphomas.