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ReviewVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2025

Exploring the boundaries between neoplastic and reactive lymphoproliferations: lymphoid neoplasms with indolent behavior and clonal lymphoproliferations-a report of the 2024 EA4HP/SH lymphoma workshop.

Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Jan Bosch-Schips, Gorana Gašljević, Michiel van den Brand, Olga Balagué, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Maurilio Ponzoni, James R Cook, Stefan Dirnhofer, Birgitta Sander and 1 more

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Review in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. [Diagnostic challenges in pediatric lymphomas].Pathologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026
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Leticia Quintanilla-MartinezInstitute of Pathology and Neuropathology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingenand, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. Leticia.Quintanilla-Fend@med.uni-tuebingen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7156-5365
Jan Bosch-SchipsInstitute of Pathology and Neuropathology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingenand, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7888-6810
Gorana GašljevićDepartment of Pathology, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-3627
Michiel van den BrandDepartment of Pathology, Radbourd University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8871-6254
Olga BalaguéDepartment of Pathology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Ioannis AnagnostopoulosInstitute of Pathology, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5043-6043
Maurilio PonzoniPathology Unit, Hematopathology Diagnostic Area, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
James R CookDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0456-8085
Stefan DirnhoferInstitute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-5250-3159
Birgitta SanderDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Pathology, Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1214-1340
Camille LaurentDepartment of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Toulouse University Hospital Center, University of Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5375-7512

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The boundaries between neoplastic and reactive lymphoproliferations were discussed during the 2024 European Association for Haematopathology/Society for Hematopathology workshop in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Session 5 focused on indolent lymphoid neoplasms and clonal lymphoproliferations. Seventy-two cases were submitted, representing good examples of indolent lymphomas and lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD) and their diagnostic challenges. The morphologic spectrum of primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma/lymphoproliferation (PC-MZL/PC-MZLPD) was discussed. PC-MZL/PC-MZLPD is divided in the immunoglobulin heavy chain switched-type and non-switched-type with some clinicopathological differences. The overlapping features between PC-MZL/PC-MZLPD and PC-CD4 + T-cell LPD were highlighted. The criteria for the diagnosis of indolent T-lymphoblastic proliferation (iT-LBP) were reviewed. Indolent T-cell lymphoproliferation of the gastrointestinal tract (iT-LPD-GI) is a rare clonal, non-destructive, and non-epitheliotropic T-cell LPD occurring in adults with a male predominance. The cases submitted to the workshop revealed clinicopathological heterogeneity. Unusual features like infiltration of the complete intestinal wall, mesenteric lymph node involvement, and splenomegaly were observed. A novel group of PD1 + /CD4 + indolent cases with intestinal tropism and dissemination to blood, bone marrow, lymph node, and skin was identified. Other indolent clonal B- and T-cell LPDs were discussed including transient, clonal CD8 + T-cell proliferations, usually the result of immune-mediated cytotoxic T-cell response to virus or neoantigens, and the recently described follicle center lymphoma (FLC) of the lower female genital tract. The increasing awareness of the existence of indolent LPDs should avoid unnecessary treatments. In this report, novel findings, recommendations for diagnosis, open questions, and diagnostic challenges raised by the cases submitted to the workshop will be discussed.

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LymphomaLymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal ZoneLymphoproliferative DisordersCell ProliferationFemaleHumansMaleClonal lymphoproliferationsIndolent proliferationsIntestinal indolent proliferations

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