RT Book, Section
A1 Efebera, Yvonne A.
A1 Caligiuri, Michael A.
A2 Kaushansky, Kenneth
A2 Prchal, Josef T.
A2 Burns, Linda J.
A2 Lichtman, Marshall A.
A2 Levi, Marcel
A2 Linch, David C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180471819
T1 Classification and Clinical Manifestations of Lymphocyte and Plasma Cell Disorders
T2 Williams Hematology, 10e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260464122
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180471819
RD 2024/04/19
AB SUMMARYThis  chapter  delineates  the  major  categories  of  lymphocyte  and  plasma  cell  disorders*.  The  disorders  are  classified  into  three  main  groups.  The  first  is  composed  of  diseases  caused  by  defects  intrinsic  to  lymphoid  cells.  The  second  is  caused  by  disorders  that  result  from  factors  extrinsic  to  lymphoid  cells.  The  third  is  composed  of  disorders  caused  by  neoplastic  or  preneoplastic  lymphoid  cells  and  are  further  delineated  in  Chapter  89  using  the  World  Health  Organization  classification  of  tumors  of  lymphoid  tissues.  The  clinical  manifestations  of  diseases  in  any  one  of  the  three  groups  may  be  difficult  to  distinguish,  but  this  grouping  can  provide  a  framework  with  which  to  proceed  in  evaluating  patients  with  known  or  suspected  lymphocyte  and  plasma  cell  disorders.  This  chapter  introduces  the  framework  and  presents  a  roadmap  to  other  chapters  in  this  book  that  discuss  each  of  the  disorders  in  greater  detail.