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Table 2 Specific diagnoses

From: Rapid access clinic for unexplained lymphadenopathy and suspected malignancy: prospective analysis of 1000 patients

Lymphoma subtypes (no.), n = 81

 Hodgkin lymphoma (incl. 1 PTLD)

19

 Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

16

 Mantle cell lymphoma

4

 Burkitt lymphoma

1

 Follicular lymphoma

31

 Small lymphocytic lymphoma

7

 Marginal zone lymphoma

1

 Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma

2

Solid tumors (no.), n = 55

 Breast

6

 Head and neck (SCC)

20

 Thyroid

1

 Salivary gland

4

 Upper GI adenocarcinoma (1 oesophageal, 1 gastric)

2

 Cervix/ovarian

2

 Skin (8 Melanoma, 1 SCC, 1 Merkel cell)

10

 Prostate

1

 Lung (non-small cell)

1

 Renal

1

 Olfactory neuroblastoma

1

 Unknown Primary

6

Benign tumors (no.), n = 91

 Angioma/angiofibroma

2

 Lipoma

44

 Fibroadenoma

6

 Pilomatrixoma

2

 Pleomorphic salivary gland adenoma

15

 Warthin’s tumor

18

 Granular cell tumor

1

 Follicular adenoma (thyroid)

1

 Schwannoma

1

 Not specified

1

Infectious/inflammatory diseases (no.), n = 89

Chronic sialadenitis/tonsillitis

12

Dermatopathic lymphadenopathy

12

Local inflammation/abscess

8

Sarcoidosis/granuloma

13

Kikuchi’s disease

2

Specific acute infections

42

 Toxoplasmosis

14

 Tuberculosis

13

 Epstein-Barr virus

6

 Human immunodeficiency virus

5

 Syphilis

1

 Mumps

1

 Bartonella infection

2

  1. PTLD indicates post -transplant lymphoproliferative disorder; SCC indicates squamous cell carcinoma
  2. Specific diagnoses assigned to patients on the study (n = 1000)