TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Classification and Clinical Manifestations of Lymphocyte and Plasma Cell Disorders A1 - Efebera, Yvonne A. A1 - Caligiuri, Michael A. A2 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A2 - Prchal, Josef T. A2 - Burns, Linda J. A2 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A2 - Levi, Marcel A2 - Linch, David C. PY - 2021 T2 - Williams Hematology, 10e AB - SUMMARYThis chapter delineates the major categories of lymphocyte and plasma cell disorders*. The disorders are classified into three main groups. The first is composed of diseases caused by defects intrinsic to lymphoid cells. The second is caused by disorders that result from factors extrinsic to lymphoid cells. The third is composed of disorders caused by neoplastic or preneoplastic lymphoid cells and are further delineated in Chapter 89 using the World Health Organization classification of tumors of lymphoid tissues. The clinical manifestations of diseases in any one of the three groups may be difficult to distinguish, but this grouping can provide a framework with which to proceed in evaluating patients with known or suspected lymphocyte and plasma cell disorders. This chapter introduces the framework and presents a roadmap to other chapters in this book that discuss each of the disorders in greater detail. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180471819 ER -