Extranodal lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma: spectrum of disease.

Abstract

Lymphoplasmacytoid lymphomas (LPL) are non-Hodgkin's lymphomas characterized by a proliferation of lymphoplasmacytoid cells or plasma cells with intracytoplasmic monoclonal Ig. The LPL are low-grade B-cell neoplasms close to B chronic lymphocytic leukemia with plasmacytoid differentiation. They show an indolent course, typically affect older men, and present as a disseminated disease with predominantly nodal involvement. Nevertheless, localized forms, some of them extranodal, have been described. The cases that best represent the range of radiographic findings on X-ray, CT, and MR imaging are presented.