Lymphoma: David Lee MD, FRCPC
Lymphoma: David Lee MD, FRCPC
Lymphoma: David Lee MD, FRCPC
Overview
Concepts, classification, biology pidemiology Clinical presentation Diagnosis !taging "hree important types of lymphoma
Concept#ali$ing lymphoma
neoplasms of lymphoid origin, typically ca#sing lymphadenopathy le#%emia vs lymphoma lymphomas as clonal e&pansions of cells at certain developmental stages
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CLL
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Lymphomas
MM
Lymphoid progenitor
'ML
(ematopoietic stem cell Myeloid progenitor
Myeloproliferative disorders
)e#trophils osinophils *asophils Monocytes Platelets Red cells
*+cell development
stem cell lymphoid progenitor progenitor+*
CLL
memory *+cell
MM DLBCL, FL, HL
ALL
plasma cell
Classification
Biologically rational classification
Diseases that have distinct morphology imm#nophenotype genetic feat#res clinical feat#res
Lymphoma classification
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*+cell neoplasms
2 prec#rsor 2 mat#re
)on+ (odg%in Lymphomas
(odg%in lymphoma
5ndolent
'ggressive
Months
0ee%s
"reat
"reat
Mechanisms of lymphomagenesis
7enetic alterations 5nfection 'ntigen stim#lation 5mm#nos#ppression
pidemiology of lymphomas
9th most fre:#ently diagnosed cancer in both se&es males ; females incidence
2 )(L increasing 2 (odg%in lymphoma stable
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Clinical manifestations
8ariable
severityE asymptomatic to e&tremely ill time co#rseE evol#tion over wee%s, months, or years
!ystemic manifestations
fever, night sweats, weight loss, anore&ia, pr#ritis
Local manifestations
lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly most common any tiss#e potentially can be infiltrated
!taging of lymphoma
!tage 5 !tage 55 !tage 555 !tage 58
Follic#lar lymphoma
most common type of HindolentI lymphoma #s#ally widespread at presentation often asymptomatic not c#rable ,some e&ceptions1 associated with *CL+- gene rearrangement Jt,/AK/=1L cell of originE germinal center *+cell
defer treatment if asymptomatic ,Hwatch+and+waitI1 several chemotherapy options if symptomatic median s#rvivalE years despite HindolentI label, morbidity and mortality can be considerable transformation to aggressive lymphoma can occ#r
(odg%in lymphoma
(odg%in lymphoma
cell of originE germinal centre *+cell Reed+!ternberg cells ,or R! variants1 in the affected tiss#es most cells in affected lymph node are polyclonal reactive lymphoid cells, not neoplastic cells
Reed+!ternberg cell
classic R! cell
,mi&ed cell#larity1
lac#nar cell
,nod#lar sclerosis1
popcorn cell
,lymphocyte predominance1
inflammatory response
pidemiology
less fre:#ent than non+(odg%in lymphoma overall M;F pea% incidence in @rd decade
Clinical manifestationsE
lymphadenopathy contig#o#s spread e&tranodal sites relatively #ncommon e&cept in advanced disease H*I symptoms
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555,58
B.+C.G
C.+=.G
secondary malignancy
2 s%in, 'ML, l#ng, MD!, )(L, thyroid, breastNNN
cardiac disease
Overview
Concepts, classification, biology pidemiology Clinical presentation Diagnosis !taging "hree important types of lymphoma