T-cell lymphoma 3874458 225733322 2008-07-15T03:36:46Z WhatamIdoing 1998764 /* Epidemiology */ new section {{Infobox_Disease | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Image = | Caption = | DiseasesDB = | ICD10 = | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D016399 | }} '''T-cell lymphoma''' describes several different types of [[Non-Hodgkin lymphoma]] which affect [[T cell]]s. [[T cell]]s are involved in four classes of [[lymphoma]]. Together with lymphomas involving [[NK cells]], these account for perhaps one in eight cases of NHL.<ref name="The Lymphomas">{{cite web |url=http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/attachments/National/br_1161891669.pdf |title=The Lymphomas |accessdate=2008-04-07 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=May 2006 |format=PDF |publisher=The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society |pages=p. 12}}</ref> The four classes are: * [[Extranodal T cell lymphoma]] * [[Cutaneous T cell lymphoma]]s: [[Sézary syndrome]] and [[Mycosis fungoides]] * [[Anaplastic large cell lymphoma]] * [[Angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma]] More information on various classification schemes is in the main [[lymphoma]] article. ==Epidemiology== Of all [[lymphoproliferative disorders|cancers involving the same class of blood cell]], 8% of cases are mature T cell lymphomas.<ref name="isbn0-7817-5007-5">{{cite book |author=Turgeon, Mary Louise |title=Clinical hematology: theory and procedures |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstwon, MD |year=2005 |pages=283 |isbn=0-7817-5007-5 |quote=Frequency of lymphoid neoplasms. (Source: Modified from WHO Blue Book on Tumour of Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. 2001, p. 2001.) }}</ref> Of such cases, 2% are precursor T lymphoblastic and 2% are cutaneous T cell lymphomas.<ref name="isbn0-7817-5007-5"/> ==See also== * [[B-cell lymphoma]] * [[T-cell leukemia]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{disease-stub}} {{Hematological malignancy histology}} [[Category:Hematology]] [[Category:Types of cancer]]