Mesh term Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell
Browse to parent terms:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Description
A form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma having a usually diffuse pattern with both small and medium lymphocytes and small cleaved cells. It accounts for about 5% of adult non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the United States and Europe. The majority of mantle-cell lymphomas are associated with a t(11;14) translocation resulting in overexpression of the CYCLIN D1 gene (GENES, BCL-1).Search for this term in our Faculty Database
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