Abstract

One of the big problems of modern medicine is to unravel the nature of the group of conditions that have progressive enlargement of the lymphoid tissue as their most prominent feature. Classification leads to clarification, and yet confusion arises from sharp distinctions between conditions that have many resemblances; which may be because some of the conditions are but different phases of the same disease. This is the state of affairs for those disorders with unknown etiology that may be placed under the general heading of lymphoblastoma, a name considered by some as synonymous with malignant lymphoma. These terms may include lymphatic leukemia (lymphocytic and lymphoblastic), aleukemic lymphatic leukemia (pseudoleukemia, aleukemic lymphadenosis), lymphocytoma, Hodgkin's disease (lymphogranuloma), lymphadenoma, lymphomatosis, lymphosarcoma, round cell sarcoma, leukosarcoma and lymphadenosarcoma. Such conditions as Banti's disease, chloroma and Mikulicz's disease also may be included. The views and opinions concerning the nature and relationships of such cases are

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