[Follicular and mantle cell lymphoma. Extranodal involvement of primarily nodal indolent B-cell lymphomas]

Indolent (low-grade) B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, such as follicular and mantle cell lymphomas, are primarily nodal lymphomas in which lymph node involvement is the dominant clinical feature. The frequency of extranodal manifestations of these primarily nodal lymphomas is often underestimated. The typical growth pattern of nodal lymphomas can be absent or not evaluable because the biopsy specimens are often small in cases with extranodal involvement. Therefore, the immunophenotype of the lymphoma cells is of great importance for the diagnosis of indolent lymphomas with extranodal localizations.