Table 1. Classification system for the pulmonary lymphoproliferative disorders
Spectrum of pulmonary lymphoproliferative disorders
    Reactive pulmonary lymphoid diseases
        Follicular bronchiolitis
        Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (pulmonary pseudo-lymphoma)
        Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia
    Castleman’s disease
        Localised (hyaline-vascular, plasma cell type)
        Multicentric
    Primary pulmonary lymphoma
        B-cell primary pulmonary non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MALT lymphoma)
        Primary pulmonary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
        Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
        Follicular lymphoma
        Mantle cell lymphoma
        Extra-osseous plasmacytoma
        Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
        Large B-cell lymphoma
        Plasmoblastic lymphoma
        T-/NK-lymphoma
        Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
        Hodgkin lymphoma
    Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders
  • MALT: mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; NK: natural killer cell.