Indolent NK-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder of the Gastrointestinal Tract - a Report of two Cases of a new Provisional Entity on the World Health Organization Classification of Hematolymphoid Tumors

Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Aug;31(5):596-599. doi: 10.1177/10668969221113474. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

Abstract

Indolent NK-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the gastrointestinal tract is a new provisional entity listed in the structure of the forthcoming fifth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Hematolymphoid Tumors. It was first named as "NK-cell enteropathy" and "Lymphomatoid gastropathy" by two independent series a decade ago. Molecular or cytogenetic studies have lent support to the clonal/neoplastic nature of this entity. Herein we add two of such cases that still challenge pathologists and were previously diagnosed as aggressive lymphomas of NK/T derivation.

Keywords: NK-cell neoplasms; gastrointestinal lymphomas; lymphoproliferative disorder; tumor classification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Gastrointestinal Tract / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral* / pathology
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders* / diagnosis
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders* / pathology
  • Neoplasms* / pathology
  • World Health Organization