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lymphoma Definition

lym·phoma (lim fō′mə)

noun

any of a group of diseases characterized by progressive enlargement of lymphoid tissue resulting from the proliferation of malignant lymphoid cells

Etymology: lymph- + -oma

lymphoma Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • gland: AB - PURPOSE: We undertook this retrospective study to describe the sonographic findings in patients with malignant lymphoma of the major salivary glands.
  • bone: Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bone: a clinicopathological investigation of 60 cases.

Converse of object

  • relapse: PATIENTS AND METHODS: Pentostatin was administered to 28 patients who had relapsed cutaneous T-cell lymphoma or peripheral T-cell lymphoma with prominent cutaneous disease.
  • treat: There is research going on into injecting the chemotherapy drug methotrexate directly into the eyeball to treat lymphoma of the eye.
  • associate: Lymphoma associated with Sjögren's syndrome can be treated.

Adjective modifier

  • follicular: Protocol amendment to the gene therapy trial in follicular lymphoma using a DNA vaccine.
  • cutaneous: AB - Sezary syndrome is a rare form of primary cutaneous T cell lymphoma.
  • anaplastic: AB - The presentation of anaplastic large cell lymphoma in bone is uncommon.
  • lymphoblastic: This case of post-transplant MG is only the second reported to have occurred in association with BMT for lymphoblastic lymphoma.
  • malignant: AB - Bowel perforation in patients with primary malignant lymphoma usually occurs at the site of tumor.
  • AIDS-related: No regimen is currently considered the standard of therapy for patients with relapsed AIDS-related lymphoma, and survival is short in this setting.

Modifies a noun

  • assay: COM post meeting consideration of additional mouse lymphoma assay 20.
  • cell: There are now no measurable lymphoma cells in the blood.
  • patient: The disease free interval for lymphoma patients varies from 3 months to 4 years.

Noun used with modifier

  • B-cell: CONCLUSIONS: A major step forward was achieved for South African children with B-cell lymphoma.
  • T-cell: Antibodies in human sera reactive against an internal structural protein of human T-cell lymphoma virus.
  • non-hodgkin: In a 53 year old patient FDG-PET was performed after chemotherapy of an abdominal Non-Hodgkin lymphoma for evaluation of persistent tumor vitality.
  • large-cell: Two cases were correctly identified as HD, although in one, the possibility of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma could not be ruled out.
  • low-grade: Apoptosis is an important biological factor in low-grade lymphomas, and NO is able to prevent apoptosis.
  • effusion: KSHV may also cause two lymphoproliferative diseases: multicentric Castleman's disease and primary effusion lymphoma.