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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma: what's in a name?
  1. R L Ten Berge,
  2. J J Oudejans,
  3. D F Dukers,
  4. C J L M Meijer
  1. Department of Pathology, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.54.6.494-a

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      We have read with interest the editorial by De Wolf-Peeters and Achten, which recently appeared in your journal.1 As the authors state in this editorial, the lymphoma entity designated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is probably more heterogeneous than currently recognised in the REAL/WHO classification.

      Recent studies have shown the existence of a true clinicopathological entity among the CD30 positive anaplastic lymphomas; namely, an ALCL subtype characterised by a specific chromosomal aberration, involving the …

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