WHO classification of lymphoid neoplasms (2008), including only neoplasms potentially encountered in fine needle aspiration of lymph nodes and mediastinum

Precursor lymphoid neoplasms

B lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma NOS
T lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma 
Mature B-cell neoplasms 

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Plasma cell myeloma
Extraosseous plasmacytoma
Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type
Nodal marginal zone lymphoma
Follicular lymphoma
Mantle cell lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, NOS

• T-cell/histiocyte-rich type
• Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with chronic inflammation
• Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma
• Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
• ALK+ large B-cell lymphoma
• Plasmablastic lymphoma
• Large B-cell lymphoma associated with HHV8+ Castleman disease

Primary effusion lymphoma
Burkitt lymphoma
B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, Burkitt-like
B-cell lymphoma, unclassifiable, Hodgkin lymphoma-like

Mature T-cell and NK-cell neoplasms
Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia
Extranodal T-cell/NK-cell lymphoma, nasal type
Mycosis fungoides
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+ type
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK− type
Hodgkin lymphoma
Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma
Classic Hodgkin lymphoma

• Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma
• Lymphocyte-rich classic Hodgkin lymphoma
• Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma
• Lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin lymphoma

Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD)
Plasmacytic hyperplasia
Infectious mononucleosis-like PTLD
Polymorphic PTLD
Monomorphic PTLD (B & T/NK cell types)
Classic HD-type PTLD
Histiocytic and dendritic cell neoplasms
Histiocytic sarcoma
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Langerhans cell sarcoma
Interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
Fibroblastic reticular cell tumor
Indeterminate dendritic cell sarcoma
Disseminated juvenile xanthogranuloma 

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