ALK-positive large B-cell lymphoma

Definition

A usually aggressive large B-cell lymphoma characterised by the presence of monomorphic immunoblast-like neoplastic B-lymphocytes in a sinusoidal growth pattern. The neoplastic B-lymphocytes express the ALK kinase but they lack the 2;5 translocation.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas

• 2A81.0Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
• 2A81.1Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
• 2A81.2Plasmablastic lymphoma
• 2A81.3Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
• 2A81.4T-cell/histiocyte rich large B-cell lymphoma
• 2A81.5Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of central nervous system
• 2A81.6Epstein-Barr Virus-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the elderly
• 2A81.7Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with chronic inflammation